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Benson V and Marano MA. Current estimates from the National HealthInterview Survey, 1993. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat10(190). 1995.

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National Center for Health StatisticsManning Feinleib, M.D., Dr.P.H.,Director

Jack R. Anderson,Deputy Director

Jacob J. Feldman, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Analysis andEpidemiology

Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Planning andExtramural Programs

Peter L. Hurley,Associate Director for Vital and HealthStatistics Systems

Robert A. Israel,Associate Director for InternationalStatistics

Stephen E. Nieberding,Associate Director for Management

Charles J. Rothwell,Associate Director for Data Processingand Services

Monroe G. Sirken, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Researchand Methodology

Division of Health Interview Statistics

Owen T. Thornberry, Jr., Ph.D.,Director

John E. Mounts,Deputy Director for Operations

Ann M. Hardy, Dr.P.H.,Chief, Illness and DisabilityStatistics Branch

Nelma B. Keen,Chief, Systems and Programming Branch

Gerry E. Hendershot, Ph.D.,Acting Chief, Survey Planningand Development Branch

Robert A. Wright,Chief, Utilization and ExpenditureStatistics Branch

Cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of the Census

Under the legislation establishing the National Health Survey, the Public HealthService is authorized to use, insofar as possible, the services or facilities of otherFederal, State, or private agencies.

In accordance with specifications established by the National Center for HealthStatistics, the U.S. Bureau of the Census, under a contractual arrangement, participatedin planning the survey and collecting the data.

Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Source and limitations of data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Highlights for 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Acute conditions: Incidence, medical attention, and associated restriction in activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Episodes of persons injured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Restricted activity associated with injury and impairment due to injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Prevalence of reported chronic conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Limitation of activity due to chronic conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Restricted activity due to acute and chronic conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Respondent-assessed health status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Physician contacts: Rate and interval since last contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Hospitalization: Episodes and days for persons; discharges and average length of stay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

List of detailed tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Appendixes

I. Technical notes on methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

II. Definitions of certain terms used in this report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

III. Questionnaires and flashcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Text tablesA. Acute conditions measures: United States, 1991–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

B. Episodes of persons injured and associated restrictions in activity: United States, 1991–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

C. Health status measures: United States, 1991–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

D. Health care utilization: United States, 1991–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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DDS

Because of the large size of the file for the questionnaire pages in appendix III, it appears in a separate file. This file will be available in the near future.

Symbols

- - - Data not available

. . . Category not applicable

– Quantity zero

0.0 Quantity more than zero but less than0.05

Z Quantity more than zero but less than500 where numbers are rounded tothousands

* Figure does not meet standard ofreliability or precision

# Figure suppressed to comply withconfidentiality requirements

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Current Estimates From theNational Health InterviewSurvey, 1993by Veronica Benson and Marie A. Marano, Division ofHealth Interview Statistics

This report on the 1993 civilian noninstitutionalized popu-lation residing in the United States presents estimates of acuteconditions, episodes of persons injured, restriction in activity,prevalence of chronic conditions, limitation of activity due tochronic conditions, respondent-assessed health status, and theuse of medical services—including physician contacts andshort-stay hospitalization.

Estimates of these health characteristics are shown intables 1–78 for various groups in the population, includingthose defined by age, sex, race, and family income (eachshown for specific age groups), and by geographic region andplace of residence. Estimates for other characteristics ofspecial relevance to particular health measures are also included.For example, estimates of physician contacts are shown by theplace where the contact occurred.

The text includes a brief definition of each health charac-teristic included in tables 1–78 and reports the 1993 estimatefor each characteristic. Tables A–D include the corresponding1991 and 1992 estimates for each of the major health charac-teristics. Various technical matters associated with the NationalHealth Interview Survey (NHIS) data collection proceduresand with the presentation of results are also described in thereport.

In 1982, the NHIS questionnaire and data preparationprocedures of the survey were extensively revised. The basicconcepts of NHIS changed in some cases, and in other casesthe concepts were measured in a different way. Comparisonswith earlier results should not be undertaken without carefullyexamining these changes. A more complete explanation ofthese changes is in appendix IV of Series 10, No. 150 (1).

In 1985, a new sample for NHIS and a different method ofpresenting sampling errors were introduced. Therefore, thetechnical material is important to readers accustomed to usingdata from NHIS prior to 1985.

Although published reports are the primary method ofdisseminating estimates from NHIS, data also are available inthe form of standardized microdata tapes that include theregular characteristics of each year’s survey from 1969 through1993. Questions about the cost and availability of these tapesshould be directed to the National Technical InformationService (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.Public use tapes also are available for special topics includedin NHIS from 1973 through 1993. Public use microdata on

compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM) are available forNHIS core and special topic data for 1987 through 1991. Theycan be purchased through NTIS or the Government PrintingOffice (GPO), Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern-ment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. CD-ROM ques-tions should be directed to the National Center for HealthStatistics, Data Dissemination Branch at 301–436–8500.

The special topics included in the 1993 NHIS coveredfour areas: (a) immunization (asked for children under 6 yearsof age and covering types of immunization received, includinghepatitis b); (b) family resources (including access to care,health insurance (cost, services, and type of coverage), whetherHealth Maintenance Organization (HMO) and structure ofHMO, reason for lack of health coverage, detailed income,employment status, type of pension received, public assis-tance, assets and other sources of income); (c) year 2000objectives (environmental health, tobacco, nutrition, occupa-tional safety and health, heart disease and stroke, other chronicand disabling conditions, clinical and preventive services,mental health, and oral health); (d) AIDS knowledge andattitudes (including sources of AIDS information, self-assessed level of AIDS knowledge, basic facts about the AIDSvirus and how it is transmitted, blood donation experience,awareness of and experience with the blood test for the AIDSvirus, self-assessed chances of getting the AIDS virus, per-sonal acquaintance with persons with AIDS or the AIDS virus,if mental health treatment or counseling concerning HIVinfection was ever sought, and a general question on AIDSrisk behaviors).

All data from the special topics in the 1993 survey werecollected in the latter half of the year except immunizationdata, which were collected for the whole year. In the secondquarter of 1993, the NHIS was administered every other week.The immunization questionnaire was administered to a samplechild under age six in each family with age-eligible children.All other special topics, except for family resources (whichwas asked of all family members), included a sample adult 18years of age and over. Information on tapes relating to specialtopics is available from the National Center for Health Statis-tics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, Systems andProgramming Branch, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD20782.

Introduction

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Source and limitations ofdata

The information from the National Health Interview Sur-vey (NHIS) in this report is based on data collected in acontinuing nationwide survey by household interview. Eachweek a probability sample of the civilian noninstitutionalizedpopulation of the United States is interviewed by personnel ofthe U.S. Bureau of the Census. Information is obtained aboutthe health and other characteristics of each member of thehousehold.

The interviewed sample for 1993 consisted of 43,007households containing 109,671 persons. The total noninter-view rate was 4.4 percent: 3.0 percent was the result ofrespondent refusal and the remainder was primarily the resultof failure to locate an eligible respondent at home afterrepeated calls as described in appendix I.

Since 1992, the following changes have been made to thecore questionnaire: (a) a question was added that enabledidentification of out-of-school youth (aged 12–21 years) byinquiring whether they were either now going to school or onvacation from school; (b) race was expanded into 15 detailedracial groupings and included an ‘‘other race’’ category; and(c) the NHIS added E-coding (Supplementary Classification ofExternal Causes of Injury and Poisoning) in 1993 for injuriesincluding medical and therapeutic misadventures. Althoughthe Hispanic origin and reference person or family members’previous year’s residence questions appear in section A (ques-tions 4e and 4f, and 4g and 4h, respectively) of the 1993 corequestionnaire, Hispanics were not oversampled in 1993 asthey were in 1992. A description of the survey design, themethods used in estimation, and general qualifications of thedata obtained from the survey are presented in appendix I.

The estimated standard errors in this report were derivedfrom 1992 data because 1993 data were not available. The

standard error estimates based on the 1992 data presented inthis report may differ from those that would be derived usingthe 1993 data. However, this report’s estimated standard errorsare generally higher than those that would be calculated usingthe 1993 data. Because the estimates are based on a sample ofthe population, they are subject to sampling errors. Therefore,readers should pay particular attention to ‘‘Reliability of theestimates’’ in appendix I of Current Estimates, 1992 (2)because it shows formulas for calculating standard errors andincludes examples along with instructions for their use.

All information collected in the survey is from reports byresponsible family members residing in the household. Whenpossible, all adult family members participate in the interview.However, proxy responses are accepted for family memberswho are not at home and are required for all children and forfamily members who are physically or mentally incapable ofresponding for themselves. Although a considerable effort ismade to ensure accurate reporting, the information from bothproxy respondents and self-respondents may be inaccuratebecause the respondent is unaware of relevant information, hasforgotten it, does not wish to reveal it to an interviewer, orbecause the respondent does not understand the intendedmeaning of a question.

The major concepts for these estimates are described inappendix II and the questionnaires and flashcards used in theinterview are shown in appendix III. Illnesses and injuries arecoded using a slight modification of the ninth revision of theInternational Classification of Diseases (3). The Division ofHealth Interview Statistics of NCHS should be contacted forinformation about coding and editing procedures used toproduce the final data file from which the estimates shown arederived.

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Highlights for 1993

In the following sections, each of the health-relatedcharacteristics is defined and the 1993 estimate is comparedwith the 1991 and 1992 estimates (4,2) for the same charac-teristic. The comparisons are highlighted in tables A–D, whichalso include the standard error for each of the 1993 estimates.To determine how much difference there must be between the1993 estimates and the 1991 and 1992 estimates to constitutea statistically significant difference, use the standard errors tocalculate a confidence interval or a critical value for thet-test.Of these two methods, thet-test (with a 95-percent level ofsignificance) has been used in the following discussion as abasis for making statements about the difference or lack ofdifference between the 1993 estimates and the 1991 and 1992estimates.

Because the text compares only the overall rates orpercents of health-related characteristics between 1991 and1993, and the age distribution of the civilian noninstitutional-ized population does not change substantially over a 3-yearperiod, the possible effect of differing age distributions is notdiscussed. Tables A–D include age-standardized as well asunstandardized figures and the 3-year trends are similar.

Readers comparing subgroups of the population in tables1–78 may want to consider the possible effect of age incomparing subgroups. For those sociodemographic character-istics for which the age distribution of the subgroups differssignificantly (such as sex, race, and family income), the resultsare shown for specific age groups. However, for geographicregion and place of residence, there is little difference in theage distributions of the subgroups. Therefore, these results arenot shown for specific age groups.

The detailed results for health characteristics are shown intables 1–77. The population used to calculate the unstandard-ized rates are in table 78. The age-standardized data in tablesA–D use the 1980 civilian noninstitutionalized population ofthe United States as a standard population. Age-specific ratesfor six age groups (0–4, 5–17, 18–24, 25–44, 45–64, and 65years and over) were directly standardized to produce theseestimates.

Acute conditions: Incidence, medicalattention, and associated restriction inactivity

An acute condition is defined for the National HealthInterview Survey (NHIS) as a type of illness or injury that

ordinarily lasts less than 3 months, was first noticed less than3 months before the reference date of the interview, and wasserious enough to have had an impact on behavior. Only twotypes of impact are considered: (a) the illness or injury causedthe person to cut down on daily activities for at least half aday, or (b) a physician was contacted regarding the illness orinjury.

Incidence

The incidence rate of acute conditions by type of condi-tion and sociodemographic characteristics is shown in tables1–5 and the incidence (number) is shown in tables 6–10.Although the 1993 rate of 190.4 acute conditions per 100persons per year is slightly lower than the corresponding ratefor 1991 (191.8) and numerically higher than 1992 (181.8),neither rate (1991 or 1992) is statistically different from 1993(table A).

For broad types of acute conditions, the 1993 incidencerates per 100 persons per year rank as follows: respiratoryconditions (98.9), injuries (24.4), infective and parasitic dis-eases (21.3), and digestive system conditions (6.3). The ratefor infective and parasitic diseases is higher than the rate for1991 (18.5) but similar to the rate observed in 1992 (22.4).The 1993 rates for digestive system conditions (6.3) andinjuries (24.4) remained nearly the same from the previoustwo years. The 1993 rate for respiratory conditions (98.9) isconsiderably higher than the 1992 rate (85.6) primarily due toan influenza rate increase—42.7 in 1992 compared with 52.2in 1993; no differences were observed from the 1991 rates.The rate for other acute conditions (39.4) is lower than in 1992(43.1), but not statistically different from 1991 (42.0).

Medical attention

Estimates of the percent of acute conditions that weremedically attended are shown in tables 11–15. The 1993estimate of 63.2 percent (table A) is very similar to those for1991 (63.0) and 1992 (63.2).

Restricted activity associated with acute conditions

Four types of restricted activity resulting from illness,injury, or impairment are measured in NHIS: days lost fromwork for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over,school days missed by youths 5–17 years of age, days spent inbed (which may overlap either of the preceding types), and

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other days on which a person cuts down on activities usuallydone. Estimates of ‘‘cut-down’’ days are not presented sepa-rately but are included in the generic concept of ‘‘restricted-activity days.’’ The other three types of restricted activity alsoincluded in the generic concept ‘‘restricted activity’’ areusually shown separately in reports from NHIS.

A person may restrict activities on a given day as a resultof more than one condition and these conditions may be acuteor chronic. ‘‘Restricted activity associated with acute condi-tions’’ includes days on which one or more acute conditionscaused the activity restriction. It also includes days on whichone or more acute conditions and one or more chronicconditions caused the activity restriction. In the latter case,because the restriction in activity was the result of both acuteand chronic conditions, the cause cannot be attributed solely toan acute condition. Therefore, the term ‘‘associated with’’rather than ‘‘caused by’’ is used to describe this type ofestimate.

The incidence rate of restricted activity associated withacute conditions by type of condition and sociodemographiccharacteristics is shown in tables 16–20 and the incidence(number) is shown in tables 21–25. The 1993 rate per 100persons per year of restricted-activity days (781.1), althoughhigher than the rates observed in 1991 and 1992 (733.3 and730.6, respectively), is statistically similar (table A). The rate

of bed days for 1993 (335.9) is higher than the rate for 1992(305.3), but the difference with 1991 (313.6 bed days) was notsignificant. The 1993 rate of work-loss days for currentlyemployed persons 18 years of age and over (320.0) is similarto the 1991 rate (315.3), but is higher than the correspondingrate for 1992 (284.6). The 1993 rate of school-loss days foryouths 5–17 years of age (412.4) is similar to the 1991 rate(411.1), but is higher than the 1992 rate (351.9). The rates andfrequencies for bed days are shown in tables 26–35, forwork-loss days they are shown in tables 36–45, and forschool-loss days they are shown in tables 46–49.

Incidence by quarter

The 1993 incidence rate and incidence of acute conditionsby quarter are shown in table 50. As shown in table A, theestimated rate for the first quarter of 1993 (62.2) is statisticallysimilar to the rate for 1991 (59.8) and is also higher than therate for 1992 (56.6). For the second quarter, the 1993 rate of37.2 is similar to the rates of the previous two years—36.6(1991) and 39.3 (1992). For the third quarter the 1991, 1992,and 1993 rates are within sampling variation. The rate for thefourth quarter of 1993 (56.1) is significantly different from therate observed in 1991 (63.1) and higher than the 1992 rate(51.5). This is primarily due to the result of increased influ-enza activity during the first and fourth quarters of 1993.

Table A. Acute conditions measures: United States, 1991–93

Acute condition measure

Unstandardized Age standardized

1991 1992

1993

Estimate Standard error 1991 1992 1993

Annual incidence of acute conditions Number per 100 persons per yearAll acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.8 181.8 190.4 2.8 194.8 183.8 192.9

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 22.4 21.3 0.8 19.2 23.1 22.0Respiratory conditions1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 85.6 98.9 1.9 102.7 86.7 100.2Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 25.7 26.8 0.9 29.2 26.2 27.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 42.7 52.2 1.3 53.2 43.1 52.9

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 7.0 6.3 0.4 6.6 7.0 6.4Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 23.7 24.4 0.8 24.4 24.0 24.6Other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 43.1 39.4 1.1 41.8 43.0 39.6

Acute conditions medically attended Percent

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 63.2 63.2 0.6 62.1 62.6 61.9

Restricted activity associatedwith acute conditions Number of days per 100 persons per year

All restricted-activity days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.3 730.6 781.1 20.1 731.1 723.1 776.0

Bed days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.6 305.3 335.9 10.6 314.6 301.8 335.2Work-loss days2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3 284.6 320.0 9.8 311.3 290.4 303.3School-loss days3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.1 351.9 412.4 18.3 - - - - - - - - -

Quarterly incidence of acute conditions Number per 100 persons per quarter

January 1–March 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 56.6 62.2 1.4 - - - - - - - - -April 1–June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 39.3 37.2 1.1 - - - - - - - - -July 1–September 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 34.5 35.0 1.0 - - - - - - - - -October 1–December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 51.5 56.1 1.3 - - - - - - - - -

1Includes other acute respiratory conditions.2For currently employed persons 18 years of age and over.3For youths 5–17 years of age.

NOTE: Numbered tables show the 1993 estimates by age, sex, race, family income, geographic region, and place of residence.

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Episodes of persons injured

Injury data may be analyzed in three possible units: (a)the number of injuries sustained in a particular episodeinvolving injury, (b) the number of episodes involving injuryduring a given period of time, or (c) the number of personsinvolved in one or more episodes in which injury occurredduring a period of time. The estimates of injuries included intables 1–50 are of the number of injuries that occurred during1993. This section considers the number of episodes thatoccurred during 1993 that involved one or more injuries.Because of the short reference period used to collect injurydata in NHIS (2 weeks), the data cannot be used to estimatethe number of persons involved in one or more episodesduring any given year.

Table 51 shows the incidence rate of episodes of personsinjured and table 52 shows the incidence of such episodes bysociodemographic characteristics, by whether a moving motorvehicle was involved (if so, whether this occurred in traffic). Italso includes such episodes by where the episode occurred andfor persons 18 years of age and over by whether they wereworking at a job or business at the time the episode occurred.The 1993 rate of episodes of persons injured per 100 personsper year (23.2) is almost identical to the 1991 and 1992 ratesof 23.4 and 23.0, respectively (table B).

Restricted activity associated with injuryand impairment due to injury

An injury may have health-related effects for many yearsafter its occurrence or even for a lifetime (for example, aperson who suffered a dislocated back due to an accident). Theestimates of activity restriction (tables 53–54) and of bed days(tables 55–56) are based on the current effects of injuries nomatter when they occurred. Thus, these estimates include thedays shown in earlier tables for acute injuries and also includedays of restricted activity during 1993 that are attributable tothe effects of injuries suffered prior to 1993. In many cases,these old injuries have become impairments and any restrictedactivity during 1993 that was caused by an injury-relatedimpairment is also included.

The 1993 rates for restricted-activity days associated withepisodes of persons injured (314.1 per 100 persons per year) is

higher than the rate for 1991 (268.7) but not statisticallydifferent from the 1992 rate (296.4). The 1993 rates for beddays associated with episodes of persons injured (85.9 per 100persons per year) is much higher than the 1991 rate (73.0) butdoes not differ significantly from the corresponding rate for1992 (77.5) (table B).

Prevalence of reported chronic conditions

Chronic conditions are defined as conditions that either(a) were first noticed 3 months or more before the referencedate of the interview or (b) belong to a group of conditions(including heart disease and diabetes) that are consideredchronic regardless of when they began. To estimate theprevalence of reported chronic conditions, the NHIS sample isdivided into six representative subsamples; respondents ineach subsample are administered one of six checklists of typesof chronic conditions. Respondents are asked to indicate thepresence or absence of each condition specified on the particu-lar list assigned to them. Because the presence or absence ofmany types of chronic conditions is often difficult to ascertain,several ‘‘impact’’ questions are asked about each conditionreported. Information is elicited on whether the person hasbeen hospitalized for the condition and the number of days heor she stayed in bed because of the condition during the 12months prior to the interview.

Totals for all chronic conditions are not shown becauseNHIS does not measure the total number of chronic conditionsfor each person. Because a person may have more than onechronic condition, the sum of conditions that are counted mayexceed the sum of persons having those conditions.

The prevalence rate for selected chronic conditions isshown in tables 57–61 and the prevalence (number) is shownin tables 62–66. As shown in table 57, the reported conditionswith the highest prevalence rates were sinusitis, arthritis,deformity or orthopedic impairment, and hypertension (withrates per 1,000 persons of 146.7, 128.4, 122.6, and 108.6,respectively).

Limitation of activity due to chronicconditions

Limitation of activity refers to long-term reduction inactivity resulting from chronic disease or impairment. The

Table B. Episodes of persons injured and associated restrictions in activity: United States, 1991–93

Episodes of persons injured andassociated restricted activities


1991 1992

1993


Episodes of persons injured Number per 100 persons per year

All types of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 23.0 23.2 0.8 23.8 23.3 23.4

Restriction in activity associatedwith episodes of persons injured

All restricted-activity days1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.7 296.4 314.1 10.2 259.5 285.7 303.8Bed days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 77.5 85.9 4.5 71.0 73.5 82.2

1Includes work-loss and school-loss days as well as bed days.


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NHIS measurement of limitation of activity permits one todistinguish among (a) persons unable to carry on their usualactivity, (b) persons limited in the amount or kind of theirusual activity, (c) persons limited but not in their usualactivity, and (d) persons not limited. The category of personslimited in their major activity includes those in the first twogroups, that is, those unable to carry on the usual activity fortheir age-sex group, whether it is working, keeping house,going to school, or living independently, and those restrictedin the amount or kind of usual activity for their age-sex group.Persons limited, but not in their major activity, include personsrestricted in other activities such as civic, church, or recre-ational activities.

The 1993 estimate of the percent of persons limited inactivity due to chronic conditions (15.5) is significantly higherthan the 1991 estimate of 14.3 and the 1992 estimate of 15.0(table C). Likewise, the estimate of persons limited in theirmajor activity (categories (a) and (b) discussed in the previousparagraph) is higher in 1993 (10.6) than in 1991 (9.6) but isalmost the same as 1992 (10.3).

The percent distributions and frequencies for limitation inactivity are shown by sociodemographic characteristics intables 67–68.

Restricted activity due to acute andchronic conditions

Earlier, estimates of restricted-activity days associatedwith acute conditions (tables 16–49) and the relationshipbetween the types of restricted-activity days were discussed.The estimates shown in table 69 are for person days of

restricted activity caused by acute or chronic conditions, orboth.

As shown in table C, the 1993 rate per person per year ofrestricted-activity days (17.1) is not statistically different fromthe corresponding rates for 1991 (16.1) and for 1992 (16.3).There are no statistical differences between the 1993 rates forbed days (6.7) and those for 1991 and 1992 (6.5 and 6.3,respectively). All are within sampling variation. The 1993rates of work-loss days per person per year (5.6) and school-loss days for youths 5–17 years of age per person per year(5.3) are higher than those rates for 1992 (5.1 and 4.6,respectively) but almost comparable to the rates for 1991 (5.6and 5.1, respectively).

The estimates for each type of restricted-activity day areshown by sociodemographic characteristics in table 69.

Respondent-assessed health status

Data on assessed health status are obtained by askingrespondents to assess their own health or that of familymembers living in the same household as excellent, very good,good, fair, or poor. The percent distribution for these catego-ries according to sociodemographic characteristics is shown intable 70. The health of most persons in the civilian noninsti-tutionalized population is assessed as ‘‘excellent’’ (37.6 per-cent) or ‘‘very good’’ (28.3 percent). Only 2.8 percent areassessed as ‘‘poor’’ which is also the same percent as 1991 and1992 (table C). The 1993 estimate for respondents assessingtheir health as ‘‘excellent’’ (37.6 percent) is slightly lower thanin 1991 (38.5 percent) but is similar to 1992 (37.9 percent).For respondents who assessed their health as ‘‘very good,’’ theestimates for 1991, 1992, and 1993 also remained about thesame. The 1991 and 1992 estimates of ‘‘good’’ health (23.0 per-

Table C. Health status measures: United States, 1991–93

Health status measure


1991 1992

1993


Restricted activity due to acuteand chronic conditions Number of days per person per year

All restricted activity days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1 16.3 17.1 0.4 15.7 15.8 16.6

Bed days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 6.3 6.7 0.2 6.3 6.1 6.5Work-loss days1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 5.1 5.6 0.1 - - - - - - - - -School-loss days2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 4.6 5.3 0.2 - - - - - - - - -

Limitation in activity dueto chronic conditions Percent

All persons limited in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3 15.0 15.5 0.1 13.9 14.5 14.9Persons limited in major activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 10.3 10.6 0.1 9.4 10.0 10.3

Respondent-assessed health status Percent distribution

All health statuses3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Excellent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 37.9 37.6 0.2 39.0 38.5 38.2Very good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 28.6 28.3 0.2 28.5 28.7 28.4Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 23.0 23.7 0.2 22.8 22.8 23.5Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.6 7.7 0.1 6.9 7.3 7.4Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 2.8 2.8 0.1 2.7 2.7 2.6

1For currently employed persons 18 years of age and over.2For youths 5–17 years of age.3Excludes a small number with unknown health status.


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cent) were slightly lower than for 1993 (23.7 percent). The1993 ‘‘fair’’ health estimate (7.7 percent) is higher than 1991(7.2 percent) but similar to 1992 (7.6 percent).

Physician contacts: Rate and interval sincelast contact

A contact is defined as a consultation with a physician, inperson or by telephone, for examination, diagnosis, treatment,or advice. The visit is considered a physician contact if theservice is provided by the physician or by another personworking under the physician’s supervision.

Annual rate

The rates of physician contacts reported for 1991–93 areshown in table D. The 1993 rate of 6.1 doctor visits per personper year is higher than the comparable rate for 1991 butsimilar to the 1992 rate (5.8 and 6.0, respectively).

Aside from the sociodemographic characteristics, the ratesand frequencies also are shown by the place of contact (table71). The rate is highest for doctor’s office (3.4 per person peryear) and is less than one contact per person per year viatelephone and hospital while ‘‘other’’ place is about onecontact per person per year.

Interval since last contact

The percent distribution and number of persons by inter-val of time since the person last had a physician contact areshown in table 72. Whereas the estimates for the rate ofphysician contacts do not include contacts while a person wasan overnight patient in a hospital, such contacts are included inthe definitions of the interval since a person last saw or talkedto a physician or a physician’s assistant.

During 1993 an estimated 78.6 percent of the civiliannoninstitutionalized population had contact with a physicianduring the year preceding the interview (table D). Althoughthis estimate seems similar to those for 1991 and 1992 (78.5

and 78.0, respectively), the difference between the 1993estimate and that for 1992 was statistically significant.

Other estimates of ambulatory medical care services byphysicians are provided by data from the National AmbulatoryMedical Care Survey, a probability sample survey conductedperiodically by the Division of Health Care Statistics of theNational Center for Health Statistics. A summary of 1992survey results, the most recent available, is found inAdvancedata from vital and health statistics, No. 253 (5).

Hospitalization: Episodes and days perdischarges and average length of stay

NHIS respondents are asked to describe any hospitaliza-tions during the year preceding the interview that involved atleast a one-night stay. Two of the measures obtained throughthis series of questions are the number of times and number ofdays spent in short-stay hospitals in the 12 months prior to theinterview. Because persons who died or were institutionalizedin a given reference period are not included in NHIS, the ratesand frequencies shown in this report will vary from thosebased on all overnight patients who entered a short-stayhospital during any given period of time. The difference willbe especially great for older persons.

Estimates on hospitalization are presented by episodeestimates and discharge estimates. Episode estimates focus onthe person’s hospital experience during the 12 months preced-ing the interview. The tables showing these estimates classifypeople on the basis of whether they were hospitalized duringthe reference period and, if so, the number of times they werehospitalized. Discharge estimates focus on hospital stays asthe unit of analysis rather than on persons.

Hospital episodes and daysThe distribution of short-stay hospital episodes (first

including and then excluding deliveries) by the number oftimes a person was hospitalized during the year preceding theinterview and sociodemographic characteristics are shown by

Table D. Health care utilization: United States, 1991–93

Health care utilization


1991 1992

1993


Physician contact Number

Contacts per person per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 6.0 6.1 0.1 5.6 5.9 5.9

Percent

Persons with 1 contact or more in past year . . . . . . . . . 78.5 78.0 78.6 0.2 78.3 77.7 78.4

Hospitalization

Persons with 1 hospital episode or more in past year . . . 7.8 7.7 7.5 0.1 7.6 7.5 7.3

Number

Hospital days per person hospitalized in past year . . . . . 7.7 7.7 7.4 0.3 7.0 6.9 6.6Discharges per 100 persons per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 10.8 10.7 0.2 10.5 10.4 10.4Average length of stay per discharge in days . . . . . . . . 6.2 6.0 5.8 0.5 5.7 5.4 5.1


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percent distribution (table 73) and frequency (table 74). Thecategory ‘‘delivery’’ is based on the reason the woman enteredthe hospital or whether surgery related to delivery was per-formed. The percent of persons in 1993 with one hospitalepisode or more during the year preceding interview is7.5 percent (table D). This is similar to the estimate for 1992(7.7), but is slightly lower than 1991 (7.8). The 1993 rate is27 percent lower than the 1982 estimate of 10.3 percent (1).

Associated with the number of times a person was in ashort-stay hospital during the year preceding the interview isthe total number of days (strictly speaking, nights) the personspent as a patient in the hospital. In 1993, persons with onehospitalization or more spent an average of 7.4 days in thehospital in the year preceding the interview (table D). This rateis similar for 1991 and 1992 (7.7 for each). The estimated rateand number of hospital days by the number of times peoplewere hospitalized (including and excluding deliveries) andsociodemographic characteristics are shown in tables 75 and76.

Hospital discharges and average length of stay

The rate and number of hospital discharges, the averagelength of stay, and the number of hospital discharge days bysociodemographic characteristics and by whether a deliverywas involved in the hospitalization are shown in table 77.Based on data collected during 1993, there were 10.7 dis-charges per 100 persons, and the average length of stay perdischarge is 5.8 days. Both of these rates are similar to the

1991 and 1992 estimates of discharges per 100 persons (10.8and 10.8, respectively) and days per discharge (6.2 and 6.0,respectively).

Examining longer term trends, the 1993 hospital dis-charge rate of 10.7 is about 25 percent lower than the rateestimated by NHIS in 1981 (14.2), and the average length ofstay, 5.8 days, is about 22 percent lower than in 1981 (7.4) (6).

This finding probably reflects the following two phenom-ena: (a) some medical procedures, once performed as inpatienthospital care, are now performed in outpatient medical facili-ties, and (b) the Health Care Financing Administration (whichoperates the Medicare program), some States, and somethird-party payers now reimburse hospitals for inpatient careusing a preestablished payment schedule based on patients’diagnosis-related groups.

Information also is collected on hospital discharges fromhospital records through the National Hospital DischargeSurvey (NHDS) conducted by the National Center for HealthStatistics. Estimates from NHDS, published in Advance dataor Series 13 publications ofVital and Health Statistics, aresomewhat higher than those presented here because of differ-ences in collection procedures, population sampled, and defi-nitions used. In recent years, the NHDS has experienced adecline in its hospital discharge rates, and NHDS estimates ofaverage length of stay for all persons also have declined. Thus,the data from the two surveys are consistent. The most recentnational estimates of short-stay hospitalization based on NHDSare summarized in Advance data no. 249 fromvital and healthstatistics(7).

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List of detailed tables

Incidence of acute conditions

Rates

1. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, byage and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . 13

2. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, bysex, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, byrace, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993 . . . 15

4. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, byfamily income, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, bygeographic region, place of residence, and type of condi-tion: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Frequencies

6. Number of acute conditions, by age and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7. Number of acute conditions, by sex, age, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8. Number of acute conditions, by race, age, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9. Number of acute conditions, by family income, age, andtype of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

10. Number of acute conditions, by geographic region, placeof residence, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Percent of acute conditions medicallyattended11. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by age and

type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

12. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by sex,age, and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . 26

13. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by race,age, and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . 27

14. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by familyincome, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

15. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by geo-graphic region, place of residence, and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Restricted activity associated with acuteconditions

Restricted-activity days: Rates

16. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions per 100 persons per year, by age and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

17. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions per 100 persons per year, by sex, age, and typeof condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

18. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions per 100 persons per year, by race, age, and typeof condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

19. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions per 100 persons per year, by family income,age, and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . 34

20. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions per 100 persons per year, by geographic region,place of residence, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Restricted-activity days: Frequencies

21. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions, by age and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

22. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions, by sex, age, and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

23. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions, by race, age, and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

24. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

25. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acuteconditions, by geographic region, place of residence, andtype of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Bed days: Rates

26. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per100 persons per year, by age and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

27. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per100 persons per year, by sex, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

28. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per100 persons per year, by race, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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29. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per100 persons per year, by family income, age, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

30. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per100 persons per year, by geographic region, place ofresidence, and type of condition: United States, 1993 . . . 48

Bed days: Frequencies

31. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, byage and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . 49

32. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, bysex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993 . . . 50

33. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, byrace, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993 . . . 51

34. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, byfamily income, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

35. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, bygeographic region, place of residence, and type of condi-tion: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Work-loss days: Rates

36. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of ageand over, by age and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

37. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of ageand over, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

38. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of ageand over, by race, age, and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

39. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of ageand over, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

40. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of ageand over, by geographic region, place of residence, andtype of condition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Work-loss days: Frequencies

41. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for currently employed persons 18 years of age andover, by age and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

42. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for currently employed persons 18 years of age andover, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

43. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for currently employed persons 18 years of age andover, by race, age, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

44. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for currently employed persons 18 years of age andover, by family income, age, and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

45. Number of work-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and

over, by geographic region, place of residence, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

School-loss days: Rates

46. Number of school-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 youths 5–17 years of age, by sex, race,family income, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

47. Number of school-loss days associated with acute condi-tions per 100 youths 5–17 years of age, by geographicregion, place of residence, and type of condition: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

School-loss days: Frequencies

48. Number of school-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for youths 5–17 years of age, by sex, race, familyincome, and type of condition: United States, 1993. . . . 67

49. Number of school-loss days associated with acute condi-tions for youths 5–17 years of age, by geographic region,place of residence, and type of condition: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Incidence of acute conditions by quarter

50. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per quarterand number of acute conditions, by quarter and type ofcondition: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Episodes of persons injured andassociated restriction of activity51. Number of episodes of persons injured per 100 persons

per year, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether atwork, place of accident, and sociodemographic character-istics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

52. Number of episodes of persons injured, by whether inmoving motor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident,and sociodemographic characteristics: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

53. Number of restricted-activity days associated with epi-sodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, bywhether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, placeof accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: UnitedStates, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

54. Number of restricted-activity days associated with epi-sodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motorvehicle, whether at work, place of accident, and sociode-mographic characteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . 76

55. Number of bed days associated with episodes of personsinjured per 100 persons per year, by whether in movingmotor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident, andsociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993 . . 78

56. Number of bed days associated with episodes of personsinjured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether atwork, place of accident, and sociodemographic character-istics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Prevalence of chronic conditionsRates

57. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000persons, by age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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58. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000persons, by sex and age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . 84

59. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000persons, by race and age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . 86

60. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000persons, by family income and age: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

61. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000persons, by geographic region and place of residence:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Frequencies

62. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by age:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

63. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by sexand age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

64. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by raceand age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

65. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by familyincome and age: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

66. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by geo-graphic region and place of residence: United States,1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Limitation of activity due to chronicconditions67. Percent distribution of persons by degree of activity

limitation due to chronic conditions, according to sociode-mographic characteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . 106

68. Number of persons by degree of activity limitation due tochronic conditions and sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Restricted activity associated with acuteand chronic conditions69. Number of days per person per year and number of days

of activity restriction due to acute and chronic conditions,by type of restriction and sociodemographic characteris-tics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Respondent-assessed health status70. Number of persons and percent distribution by respondent-

assessed health status, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Physician contacts71. Number per person per year and number of physician

contacts, by place of contact and sociodemographic char-acteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

72. Percent distribution and number of persons by intervalsince last physician contact, according to sociodemo-graphic characteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . 116

Hospitalization73. Percent distribution of living persons by number of short-

stay hospital episodes during the year preceding interviewfor all causes and excluding deliveries, according tosociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993 . . 118

74. Number of living persons, by number of short-stay hospi-tal episodes during the year preceding interview for allcauses and excluding deliveries and by sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

75. Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preced-ing interview per living person hospitalized for all causesand excluding deliveries, by number of episodes andsociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993 . . 122

76 Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preced-ing interview for living persons hospitalized for all causesand excluding deliveries, by number of episodes andsociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993 . . . 124

77. Number per 100 persons per year and annual number ofshort-stay hospital discharges, average length of stay, andannual number of hospital days for living persons hospi-talized for all causes and excluding deliveries, by sociode-mographic characteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . 126

Population78. Number of persons of all ages and number of currently

employed persons 18 years of age and over, by sociode-mographic characteristics: United States, 1993. . . . . . . . 128

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Table 1. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by age and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Type of acute conditionAllages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.4 399.5 261.1 187.3 169.0 120.1 124.1 113.7

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 54.4 42.2 17.5 13.5 10.0 11.4 7.8

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 11.2 5.3 *0.5 *0.2 *– *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 8.8 8.0 3.5 4.0 2.1 3.0 *0.9Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 17.2 11.7 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.6Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 17.1 17.1 8.1 4.4 3.3 3.9 *2.3

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.9 182.9 138.2 97.7 95.0 59.6 64.3 52.2

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 66.3 39.8 26.4 21.8 14.7 16.1 12.6Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 11.3 24.0 17.6 9.8 9.1 7.0 7.8 5.8Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 65.4 73.7 55.0 57.1 30.5 34.6 23.9Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 14.7 4.0 4.0 4.4 3.3 2.2 4.9Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 6.4 *1.4 *0.8 1.5 2.0 1.7 2.5Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 6.2 1.7 *1.7 1.2 2.1 1.8 *2.4

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 9.9 8.4 7.2 6.1 4.2 4.6 3.6

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 4.0 *1.0 *1.5 1.6 *0.4 *0.5 *0.2Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 *1.8 6.0 4.7 2.3 1.4 *1.5 *1.3Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 4.1 *1.4 *1.0 2.3 2.4 2.6 *2.1

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 24.9 26.2 30.5 26.6 19.2 18.8 19.9

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 *0.6 3.4 5.9 3.1 2.7 2.0 3.9Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 *0.8 5.4 8.1 7.2 4.5 5.0 3.6Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 9.0 6.3 4.0 5.3 3.0 3.3 2.6Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 5.9 6.2 7.4 4.1 3.5 2.8 4.5Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 8.6 5.0 5.2 6.9 5.5 5.6 5.3

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 109.3 37.1 25.6 19.8 16.1 14.4 18.9

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 5.5 *0.9 *1.2 *0.4 1.2 *0.9 *1.5Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 74.1 15.8 4.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 *2.2Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 5.2 1.9 *– 1.0 *0.8 *0.7 *1.1Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 *2.7 *1.5 3.6 2.8 3.8 3.0 5.1Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 . . . *0.5 *0.5 *0.3 *0.2 *0.2 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 0.7 *– *0.6 *1.3 1.3 *0.1 *0.2 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 . . . *0.4 5.1 3.0 *– *– . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 9.2 3.9 *3.1 1.4 1.2 *0.6 *2.1Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 *0.2 2.3 *2.7 4.7 5.0 4.8 5.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 *0.3 4.0 *1.8 1.6 *0.6 *0.7 *0.6Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 12.4 5.4 *1.4 *0.4 *0.5 *0.3 *0.7

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 18.0 9.0 8.8 8.0 10.9 10.6 11.4

NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction. The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed byusing parameter set I of table II, the frequencies of table 6, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicatedwith an asterisk.

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Table 2. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Type of acute condition

Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 409.8 250.7 146.1 99.5 205.6 388.6 272.0 199.5 137.4

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . 19.3 52.2 41.6 9.9 8.9 23.2 56.8 42.7 18.7 11.0

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 8.0 4.3 *– *– 2.4 14.6 6.4 *0.5 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 *5.7 8.4 3.3 2.4 4.7 12.1 7.5 4.4 2.0Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 19.6 11.9 3.2 3.4 7.9 14.8 11.5 6.9 5.7Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 18.9 17.0 3.4 3.2 8.2 15.4 17.3 6.9 3.4

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 189.0 131.4 84.3 51.8 105.1 176.4 145.4 106.7 66.2

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 70.0 36.5 19.7 14.1 28.1 62.3 43.2 25.9 15.2Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 10.1 22.0 19.8 6.7 5.3 12.4 26.2 15.4 11.8 8.5Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 67.1 66.4 51.8 26.7 55.7 63.6 81.4 61.3 33.7Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 14.7 5.4 4.2 2.1 4.8 14.7 *2.5 4.4 4.2Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 *7.2 *1.6 *1.0 *1.8 2.1 *5.5 *1.3 1.7 2.2Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 8.1 *1.8 *0.9 *1.8 2.0 *4.2 *1.5 1.7 2.3

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 11.5 7.5 4.9 3.2 7.1 8.3 9.3 7.8 5.0

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 *4.9 *1.1 *1.5 *0.3 1.2 *3.1 *0.9 1.7 *0.5Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . 2.1 *2.1 4.3 1.9 *1.0 3.6 *1.4 7.7 3.8 *1.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 *4.5 *2.1 1.6 *1.9 2.3 *3.8 *0.7 2.3 2.8

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 26.6 31.0 32.0 17.4 22.0 23.1 21.2 23.2 20.7

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 *0.9 4.3 4.7 *2.0 2.8 *0.3 *2.6 2.7 3.4Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 *1.1 6.7 7.5 4.8 5.2 *0.5 4.1 7.3 4.2Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 7.0 9.5 7.5 8.2 4.2 3.0 8.5 4.9 2.0 2.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 5.0 *6.3 6.0 6.1 2.5 4.5 *5.4 6.3 3.7 4.3Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 8.8 6.6 5.5 4.0 6.5 8.4 3.4 7.4 6.7

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . 22.0 110.2 31.7 9.5 9.1 36.4 108.5 42.7 32.4 22.1

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 *4.9 *1.0 *0.6 *0.6 1.4 *6.0 *0.8 *0.6 *1.7Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 76.0 13.8 2.0 *1.3 11.7 72.1 17.9 4.5 3.8Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 *3.2 *1.8 *0.6 *0.8 1.6 *7.3 *2.1 *0.9 *0.8Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 *1.1 *0.2 *0.2 *1.6 5.1 *4.2 *2.8 5.7 5.7Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 . . . *1.0 *0.7 *0.5Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 *– *1.2 2.6 *0.3Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 . . . *0.8 6.9 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 *7.4 3.7 *1.1 *0.4 3.2 11.0 4.0 2.5 1.8Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 3.1 *0.3 *2.3 3.5 3.8 4.5 *– *2.2 5.0 6.0Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . 1.3 *0.6 4.2 *1.0 *0.1 2.0 *– 3.8 2.3 *1.1Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 16.7 4.7 *0.5 *0.4 2.1 *7.8 6.1 *0.7 *0.5

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 20.4 7.5 5.4 9.1 11.7 15.5 10.7 10.8 12.4


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Table 3. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by race, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 48.5 15.5 10.8 18.3 34.0 12.4 *6.8

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 6.0 *0.3 *– 3.7 11.0 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 9.2 4.1 2.1 4.0 *4.8 *3.7 *3.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 14.5 5.3 5.1 5.5 8.2 *5.3 *2.1Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 18.8 5.8 3.6 5.1 10.0 *3.3 *1.4


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 47.3 23.5 14.6 29.6 49.3 21.5 16.3Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 12.3 22.8 9.9 7.2 7.1 *6.7 8.2 *6.0Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 80.6 60.9 30.7 29.9 30.2 30.2 28.9Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 8.3 5.0 3.5 *2.2 *3.1 *1.7 *1.8Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 2.7 1.5 1.9 *1.9 *4.9 *0.4 *–Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 2.9 1.4 2.1 *2.1 *3.7 *0.6 *2.6

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 8.7 6.2 4.2 8.5 11.4 8.1 *5.1

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.9 1.7 *0.4 *1.3 *2.3 *1.3 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 4.9 2.7 1.4 3.6 *5.0 *3.7 *1.5Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.3 3.6 *4.2 *3.2 *3.6

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 27.5 27.7 19.8 23.4 20.3 29.7 16.9

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 2.9 3.9 2.9 *2.3 *1.6 *2.7 *2.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 4.1 7.3 4.9 5.6 *3.2 9.4 *2.3Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 8.1 5.3 3.2 3.0 *3.8 *2.6 *2.7Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 6.4 4.5 3.3 6.5 *5.5 8.2 *5.0Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 6.0 6.6 5.7 6.0 *6.2 6.8 *4.4


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 2.1 *0.7 1.2 *1.5 *3.8 *0.2 *0.5Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 35.9 3.5 2.6 9.5 23.9 *2.5 *1.8Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 3.3 *0.8 *0.9 *1.1 *1.7 *1.2 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 1.8 2.9 3.7 3.1 *2.2 *2.7 *5.1Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 *0.3 *0.2 *0.3 *0.5 *0.7 *0.7 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 0.7 *0.4 1.3 *0.2 *0.7 *– *1.7 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 *0.2 3.7 *– *1.4 *0.8 *2.7 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 5.7 1.5 *1.0 3.4 *4.1 *3.7 *2.1Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 1.7 3.9 4.7 5.6 *1.8 8.3 *6.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 2.9 1.4 *0.7 *2.0 *3.1 *1.9 *0.6Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 7.2 *0.6 *0.5 2.4 *6.6 *0.5 *–



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Table 4. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 39.4 21.0 *10.3 19.4 41.0 16.5 *5.7

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 *5.0 *– *– *1.8 *6.7 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 *8.2 *2.5 *1.3 4.6 8.6 *5.0 *1.1Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 *8.6 *5.4 *7.5 6.9 14.4 *5.0 *3.1Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 17.7 13.1 *1.5 6.0 11.3 6.4 *1.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 72.3 31.1 13.3 25.5 40.6 27.8 11.4Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 8.7 15.3 *6.0 *5.7 9.2 14.1 9.7 *5.0Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.8 72.7 64.4 34.5 55.1 73.0 68.3 26.8Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 *5.2 *2.9 *3.8 3.9 *4.5 5.3 *1.9Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.8 *4.1 *– *5.2 3.4 *4.7 *2.9 *2.9Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *1.8 *0.5 *5.0 2.2 *3.4 *0.9 *2.8

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 12.7 9.3 *8.4 7.1 *6.2 11.0 *3.5

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.1 *6.2 *0.6 *– *1.8 *– *4.8 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 *4.4 *7.8 *2.8 3.6 *4.5 *4.2 *2.1Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.6 *2.1 *0.8 *5.6 *1.7 *1.7 *2.0 *1.4

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 28.1 34.7 21.1 27.4 20.8 40.1 18.7

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *1.3 *3.2 *2.4 4.0 *0.5 6.6 *3.9Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 *5.1 *7.8 *4.9 4.5 *1.1 9.0 *2.3Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 *10.0 *5.4 *1.4 5.9 8.4 6.5 *3.4Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 *9.0 9.4 *4.2 5.3 *1.9 8.3 *4.6Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 *2.7 9.0 *8.2 7.7 8.9 9.7 *4.5


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *1.9 *1.0 *2.1 *1.0 *2.6 *0.4 *0.4Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 31.0 *4.9 *7.8 9.3 27.7 *2.3 *2.7Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *2.2 *0.7 *0.2 *1.8 *3.3 *1.8 *0.7Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *1.4 *3.1 *2.0 3.1 *1.7 *3.4 *3.9Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *0.7 *0.6 *1.2 *0.8 *1.4 *0.7 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *– *3.5 *0.8 *0.8 *– *2.2 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *0.8 *4.0 *– *1.7 *0.2 *4.4 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 14.7 7.9 *2.1 3.2 9.0 *1.5 *0.6Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 *0.4 *2.6 *7.4 6.4 *4.8 8.6 *5.1Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.7 *4.0 *0.8 *0.7 2.8 *2.0 5.4 *0.5Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 14.0 *1.3 *0.6 *2.0 *6.9 *0.3 *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 13.6 12.8 *10.1 10.1 12.0 8.7 10.3

See notes at end of table.

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Table 4. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 8.6 *– *– 2.0 6.7 *0.4 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 6.5 3.4 *1.5 4.9 8.3 3.8 3.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 14.8 4.7 6.8 6.8 14.5 4.6 2.9Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 20.7 4.8 *1.9 8.7 19.1 4.6 5.3


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 39.9 21.1 12.6 27.1 46.0 21.2 18.4Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 12.0 21.8 9.2 7.4 12.1 21.0 8.9 8.8Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 81.6 61.5 34.9 50.7 69.1 52.4 30.9Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 7.0 3.5 *3.2 5.5 8.9 4.6 3.9Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 *4.5 *2.1 *1.5 1.1 *1.9 *0.7 *1.1Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 *2.3 *2.1 *– 2.2 3.7 *1.5 *1.8

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 11.4 5.6 *4.2 5.0 8.3 4.6 *2.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *0.8 *1.1 *0.4 1.4 *2.4 *1.2 *0.9Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 7.1 *2.5 *1.4 2.4 5.0 *1.8 *0.9Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 *3.6 *2.0 *2.5 1.2 *0.9 *1.6 *0.9

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 24.2 27.0 23.7 23.5 31.2 22.9 17.1

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 *2.3 *3.2 *1.0 2.8 3.9 2.4 *2.2Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 *3.6 9.7 6.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 5.2Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 *4.9 *3.3 *3.8 5.2 7.6 4.9 3.3Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 8.5 *3.3 *3.2 4.3 5.8 4.4 *2.8Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 *4.9 7.6 8.8 5.3 7.8 4.8 3.6


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 *4.7 *0.6 *0.6 1.0 *1.6 *0.4 *1.3Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 34.6 3.7 *1.4 11.8 36.4 2.9 *2.2Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 *3.4 *0.6 *1.6 1.2 *2.7 *0.6 *0.7Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 *3.3 *3.0 *4.5 2.4 *1.4 2.6 3.2Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *0.3 *0.2 *– *0.2 *– *0.4 *0.2Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *0.7 *1.0 *1.1 *– *0.6 *0.5 *0.9 *0.2Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.2 *– *2.8 *– 1.6 *0.4 3.5 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 *3.5 *2.0 *1.7 1.5 3.4 *0.8 *0.7Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 *1.1 3.8 6.6 3.1 *1.2 4.1 3.4Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 *3.8 *1.6 *0.3 1.4 *2.3 *1.1 *0.9Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 9.5 *0.9 *– 1.7 4.7 *0.7 *0.6


NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction. The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed byusing parameter sets I and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 9 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 5. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by geographic region, place of residence, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence

Geographic region MSA1

Northeast Midwest South WestAll

MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 *1.0 1.9 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.2 *1.3Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 *1.1 7.6 *0.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 5.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 5.1 10.2 4.0 7.3 6.0 8.2 6.4Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 10.0 7.4 7.8 7.5 6.9 7.8 8.8


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 28.4 24.3 29.0 27.9 31.2 25.7 22.8Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 11.6 12.3 10.6 10.8 11.0 10.6 11.3 12.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 59.6 39.8 75.9 49.4 48.1 50.3 62.0Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 4.2 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.7 5.0 4.2Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 2.6 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.9Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.7


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *0.7 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.2 *1.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 2.2 2.7 3.6 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.6Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.4

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7 29.8 23.2 21.9 23.8 22.9 24.5 26.6

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.5 2.6 3.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.9 5.7Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 6.0 4.3 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.5 6.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 5.4 5.0 3.7 4.5 4.0 4.8 5.7Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 9.5 5.4 4.9 6.2 5.4 6.7 5.6


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 *1.2 *0.8 *1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 *1.4Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.9 9.9 11.5 11.3Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 1.9 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.9Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 2.4 3.5 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.4Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *0.3 *0.4 *0.3 *0.3 *0.3 *0.3 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *0.5 0.9 *1.0 0.6 *0.8 *0.5 *0.9Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 2.5 1.1 *1.2 1.6 2.0 1.4 *1.2Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 3.2 2.4 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.2 3.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.4 4.0 4.3 3.9 3.0Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 2.1 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.0 *0.9Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.5 1.5


1MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction.

The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter sets I and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 10 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 ofappendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 6. Number of acute conditions, by age and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of acute conditions in thousands

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484,180 79,550 124,131 45,212 137,971 97,317 61,767 35,549

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,253 10,842 20,042 4,232 10,992 8,145 5,700 2,445

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,025 2,236 2,543 111 135 – – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,388 1,756 3,782 837 3,274 1,738 1,472 266Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,102 3,434 5,573 1,336 4,020 3,738 2,284 1,454Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,738 3,415 8,143 1,948 3,563 2,669 1,944 725

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251,551 36,416 65,699 23,575 77,556 48,305 31,997 16,308

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,226 13,195 18,905 6,375 17,801 11,950 8,019 3,931Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 28,637 4,781 8,371 2,361 7,429 5,695 3,870 1,825Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,633 13,019 35,058 13,269 46,573 24,714 17,230 7,483Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,014 2,921 1,895 974 3,583 2,641 1,100 1,541Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,990 1,271 683 183 1,211 1,642 863 779Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,052 1,228 788 414 958 1,663 916 748

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,085 1,978 3,984 1,737 4,990 3,397 2,279 1,117

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,254 803 486 359 1,292 314 248 65Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,311 356 2,837 1,145 1,846 1,127 724 402Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,520 819 660 233 1,851 1,956 1,307 649

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,120 4,955 12,477 7,369 21,752 15,568 9,347 6,221

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,887 123 1,637 1,418 2,490 2,220 1,000 1,219Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,208 154 2,561 1,949 5,901 3,643 2,508 1,135Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,543 1,798 2,974 959 4,364 2,447 1,645 802Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,092 1,169 2,930 1,798 3,375 2,819 1,397 1,422Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,391 1,711 2,375 1,244 5,622 4,440 2,797 1,643

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,813 21,775 17,631 6,171 16,173 13,063 7,155 5,908

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,089 1,086 428 286 351 938 458 480Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,845 14,751 7,501 1,191 2,253 2,150 1,456 694Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,440 1,033 927 – 823 656 327 329Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,513 529 695 878 2,294 3,116 1,511 1,605Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 . . . 237 114 244 200 91 110Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 1,776 – 285 304 1,068 118 118 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,884 . . . 185 1,220 2,479 – – . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,522 1,823 1,834 758 1,164 942 278 664Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,644 32 1,071 648 3,852 4,042 2,408 1,634Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,224 57 1,905 426 1,320 516 343 174Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,080 2,462 2,563 346 326 384 166 218

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,358 3,584 4,298 2,129 6,508 8,839 5,289 3,551

NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction. The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed byusing parameter set I of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 7.1 million has a 10-percent RSE; of 1.8 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 774,000, a 30-percentRSE.

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Table 7. Number of acute conditions, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,756 41,775 61,013 76,088 36,881 268,424 37,775 63,118 107,095 60,436

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . 23,926 5,319 10,128 5,181 3,298 30,327 5,523 9,914 10,043 4,847

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 1,870 819 1,050 – – 3,156 1,417 1,493 246 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 5,244 582 2,050 1,740 873 6,144 1,175 1,733 2,371 865Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 7,789 1,996 2,900 1,644 1,249 10,313 1,438 2,674 3,711 2,489Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,023 1,922 4,128 1,797 1,176 10,715 1,493 4,015 3,715 1,492

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,329 19,265 31,963 43,892 19,209 137,222 17,151 33,736 57,239 29,096

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,525 7,135 8,870 10,273 5,246 36,701 6,059 10,035 13,903 6,704Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 12,488 2,238 4,806 3,481 1,963 16,149 2,543 3,565 6,309 3,732Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,852 6,836 16,158 26,961 9,897 72,781 6,183 18,899 32,882 14,817Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,774 1,496 1,308 2,191 779 6,240 1,426 587 2,366 1,862Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,294 739 380 504 671 2,696 532 303 890 971Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 2,396 821 440 482 652 2,656 408 348 890 1,011

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 6,756 1,174 1,837 2,562 1,183 9,329 804 2,147 4,164 2,214

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637 503 277 762 96 1,617 300 210 889 218Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . 2,619 218 1,054 968 379 4,692 139 1,783 2,023 747Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 454 506 832 708 3,020 366 154 1,252 1,248

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,407 2,709 7,555 16,691 6,452 28,713 2,246 4,922 12,430 9,116

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,295 90 1,037 2,440 728 3,592 33 599 1,468 1,492Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,413 109 1,621 3,907 1,775 6,795 45 940 3,943 1,868Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 8,629 971 1,831 4,271 1,556 3,914 828 1,143 1,052 891Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 6,222 645 1,469 3,192 915 5,871 523 1,461 1,981 1,905Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,849 894 1,597 2,880 1,478 8,542 817 778 3,986 2,961

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . 27,240 11,231 7,713 4,940 3,356 47,573 10,545 9,918 17,403 9,707

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240 504 237 294 205 1,848 582 190 343 733Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,602 7,745 3,353 1,041 464 15,243 7,007 4,147 2,402 1,687Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398 324 434 336 305 2,042 709 493 488 351Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 116 53 96 606 6,641 413 642 3,076 2,510Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 . . . 237 358 200Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,776 – 285 1,372 118Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,884 . . . 185 3,699 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,382 752 897 571 161 4,140 1,071 937 1,351 781Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 3,809 32 563 1,812 1,401 5,835 – 508 2,687 2,640Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . 1,653 57 1,021 521 53 2,571 – 884 1,224 463Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,284 1,700 1,155 269 161 2,796 763 1,408 402 224

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,099 2,078 1,817 2,821 3,383 15,259 1,506 2,481 5,816 5,456


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Table 8. Number of acute conditions, by race, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Number of acute conditions in thousands1


Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,106 25,979 13,516 7,611 5,859 3,662 1,663 534

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,444 3,198 246 – 1,185 1,185 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,977 4,936 3,561 1,479 1,277 514 504 259Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,006 7,788 4,642 3,575 1,765 888 714 163Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,679 10,056 5,066 2,557 1,633 1,076 445 112


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,136 25,353 20,437 10,345 9,474 5,315 2,887 1,273Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 25,986 12,235 8,630 5,120 2,285 719 1,097 469Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,915 43,195 52,984 21,735 9,567 3,255 4,057 2,255Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,286 4,458 4,328 2,500 704 335 229 141Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,120 1,421 1,334 1,365 593 533 60 –Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,211 1,570 1,184 1,457 685 398 81 206

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,062 4,685 5,437 2,940 2,721 1,233 1,088 400

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,838 1,042 1,482 314 416 247 169 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,972 2,612 2,349 1,012 1,146 538 493 114Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252 1,031 1,606 1,614 1,159 448 426 285

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,912 14,745 24,128 14,039 7,497 2,187 3,992 1,318

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 1,547 3,418 2,018 736 168 367 202Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,015 2,174 6,375 3,465 1,789 349 1,262 178Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,234 4,361 4,633 2,240 962 412 343 207Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,705 3,443 3,952 2,311 2,089 592 1,106 391Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,976 3,221 5,750 4,006 1,920 667 913 340


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,566 1,104 612 850 471 410 25 36Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,064 19,202 3,003 1,859 3,054 2,581 330 143Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051 1,774 666 610 344 187 157 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,076 990 2,502 2,584 1,001 235 366 401Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 162 207 200 173 75 98 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 1,465 201 1,146 118 226 – 226 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,295 104 3,191 – 445 81 363 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,106 3,072 1,308 727 1,097 439 498 161Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,638 904 3,381 3,353 1,799 199 1,118 482Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,203 1,541 1,194 469 643 339 257 48Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,685 3,860 501 324 774 711 63 –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,738 6,133 6,952 7,653 3,030 1,020 1,097 912

1Totals for white and black do not sum to total acute conditions because other races are not included.


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Table 9. Number of acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,712 2,891 2,051 770 7,432 4,259 2,405 768

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 365 – – 698 698 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 598 241 98 1,764 897 725 142Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 628 528 559 2,649 1,491 737 420Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,692 1,299 1,281 112 2,322 1,173 942 207


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,340 5,303 3,040 996 9,806 4,217 4,061 1,529Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 2,142 1,126 589 427 3,548 1,460 1,415 672Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,217 5,335 6,302 2,580 21,157 7,579 9,982 3,595Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 385 285 282 1,490 467 774 250Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 300 – 392 1,293 488 418 387Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 130 48 377 855 351 133 371

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,460 930 905 625 2,733 647 1,611 475

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 455 60 – 707 – 707 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,294 323 764 208 1,369 468 615 286Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 152 81 417 657 179 290 188

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,031 2,058 3,397 1,576 10,523 2,154 5,859 2,510

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 97 314 176 1,536 48 962 526Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502 373 759 369 1,744 116 1,319 308Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357 732 524 101 2,277 868 948 461Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894 658 920 315 2,022 200 1,213 610Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692 198 879 615 2,945 923 1,416 606


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 142 100 160 374 269 54 51Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,337 2,275 479 583 3,563 2,877 329 356Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 162 68 15 707 343 270 94Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 104 304 153 1,195 177 502 516Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 48 54 91 299 143 102 53Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 399 – 340 59 320 – 320 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 60 390 – 665 21 644 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,009 1,080 774 154 1,239 933 220 87Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 30 251 553 2,443 494 1,260 688Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 294 76 53 1,060 204 785 72Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,201 1,024 131 47 770 721 49 –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997 995 1,250 752 3,884 1,244 1,265 1,374

See footnote and notes at end of table.

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Table 9. Number of acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227 1,227 – – 1,954 1,765 190 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,963 929 788 246 4,703 2,165 1,606 932Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,296 2,101 1,086 1,109 6,579 3,808 1,954 817Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,381 2,954 1,110 318 8,453 5,018 1,946 1,489


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,671 5,688 4,916 2,067 26,218 12,058 9,025 5,135Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 6,446 3,100 2,137 1,209 11,752 5,518 3,767 2,467Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,640 11,620 14,303 5,718 49,063 18,128 22,282 8,653Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,333 999 813 521 5,349 2,327 1,943 1,079Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,375 641 491 243 1,090 495 292 303Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 322 483 – 2,106 966 639 501

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,628 1,630 1,308 691 4,879 2,171 1,960 748

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 111 265 64 1,385 623 513 250Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,811 1,010 576 225 2,303 1,301 764 238Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378 509 466 403 1,191 248 683 260

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,591 3,440 6,274 3,877 22,738 8,187 9,754 4,797

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,225 327 737 160 2,676 1,024 1,031 621Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,878 511 2,245 1,121 5,797 1,626 2,705 1,466Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,093 693 770 631 4,999 1,981 2,082 936Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,491 1,206 761 524 4,172 1,524 1,877 771Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,904 702 1,761 1,441 5,094 2,034 2,057 1,003


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 673 149 100 983 430 181 372Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,010 4,935 849 226 11,380 9,541 1,218 621Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895 487 139 269 1,158 702 250 206Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908 471 698 739 2,365 368 1,100 897Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 46 48 – 210 – 154 56Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 404 148 256 – 565 137 369 59Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 – 661 – 1,591 104 1,486 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252 497 471 284 1,424 880 359 185Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,114 155 874 1,085 2,990 304 1,746 940Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 538 371 49 1,342 594 485 263Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554 1,350 203 – 1,691 1,229 287 174


1Totals for income categories do not sum to total acute conditions because persons with unknown family income are not included.


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Table 10. Number of acute conditions, by geographic region, place of residence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,344 619 1,602 1,461 4,303 1,690 2,613 722Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,615 713 6,522 538 8,461 3,329 5,131 2,927Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,991 3,173 8,673 2,265 14,603 4,754 9,849 3,498Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,718 6,231 6,343 4,447 14,890 5,516 9,373 4,848


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,369 17,642 20,744 16,471 55,727 24,908 30,819 12,499Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 5,792 7,644 9,086 6,115 21,903 8,418 13,485 6,734Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,542 36,962 33,992 43,137 98,633 38,362 60,271 33,999Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,273 2,576 4,413 2,751 9,725 3,726 5,998 2,289Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 1,594 1,625 1,017 3,375 1,442 1,933 1,614Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 1,183 1,793 1,159 4,125 1,550 2,575 927


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 433 1,654 939 2,494 1,099 1,396 759Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 1,395 2,347 2,055 5,869 2,438 3,431 1,442Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 1,539 2,049 1,561 4,187 1,781 2,406 1,333

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,335 18,511 19,837 12,437 47,554 18,253 29,302 14,566

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825 1,897 2,548 1,616 5,927 2,819 3,108 1,960Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 3,689 4,827 3,025 11,072 4,062 7,010 3,136Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,272 3,725 3,654 2,891 9,249 3,851 5,397 3,294Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,436 3,334 4,228 2,095 8,987 3,219 5,768 3,105Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136 5,865 4,580 2,810 12,319 4,301 8,018 3,072


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 756 672 739 2,318 775 1,543 771Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,031 6,940 8,877 5,997 21,674 7,917 13,757 6,172Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 1,196 968 931 2,421 920 1,501 1,019Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517 1,467 2,974 1,554 5,674 2,341 3,333 1,838Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 205 320 154 561 234 327 235Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 109 315 803 549 1,262 669 594 513Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 1,531 968 655 3,253 1,593 1,660 631Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 1,966 2,022 1,706 4,895 2,273 2,621 1,627Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,778 2,570 3,363 1,933 8,015 3,404 4,610 1,630Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 1,318 1,219 870 3,712 1,269 2,443 512Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 1,578 2,141 1,421 5,261 2,254 3,007 819




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Table 11. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by age and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Percent



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 75.9 66.5 *100.0 *100.0 *– *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 *40.4 42.8 *42.3 38.5 *38.7 *39.3 *35.0Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 73.0 55.2 *39.4 50.2 50.2 43.2 61.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 98.6 96.9 81.4 89.4 81.5 84.5 *73.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 66.1 31.0 22.4 30.0 37.4 36.3 39.7Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 79.3 96.3 74.0 79.6 71.2 83.2 78.0 94.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 62.7 34.4 35.5 30.4 36.9 32.7 46.8Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.6 100.0 86.6 *75.9 85.5 90.8 87.2 93.4Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.9 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 80.2 96.1 92.6 100.0Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.1 100.0 100.0 *76.1 94.9 100.0 100.0 *100.0


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 100.0 *49.0 *69.9 *44.1 *42.7 *54.0 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 *34.3 *20.2 *54.7 63.3 *66.2 *65.5 *67.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 100.0 *77.4 *100.0 65.0 83.7 79.6 *92.0

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 92.4 91.0 96.0 88.2 88.6 88.5 88.6

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.7 *100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.5 100.0 92.0Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.5 *100.0 86.2 84.9 81.4 83.5 83.6 83.5Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 94.2 97.6 100.0 93.7 97.7 100.0 *93.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.8 100.0 89.9 100.0 88.0 81.3 80.8 81.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.3 84.1 83.3 100.0 86.0 88.7 85.9 93.4


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 99.2 98.7 90.2 94.5 100.0 100.0 *100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.8 100.0 88.9 *– *73.9 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.7 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 98.0 98.4 96.6 100.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75.1 . . . *62.0 *52.6 *77.9 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *– *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 . . . *100.0 90.6 98.0 *– *– . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 100.0 94.7 *100.0 91.8 100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 *100.0 *72.0 *70.1 80.6 81.1 81.4 80.6Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 *– *34.2 *15.0 *55.5 *29.5 *30.0 *28.2Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 62.6 37.3 *63.0 *– *57.6 *100.0 *25.2



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Table 12. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Percent



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 *67.9 *66.2 *– *– 75.5 80.5 66.7 *100.0 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 *22.7 *35.5 *34.0 *44.0 45.2 *49.1 51.4 43.2 *33.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 78.5 57.3 *45.9 *38.3 53.8 65.4 53.0 48.2 56.2Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 100.0 95.2 86.0 79.3 92.2 96.8 98.7 86.8 83.2


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 64.8 30.6 20.4 36.9 39.4 67.6 31.4 33.7 37.8Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 79.5 97.1 72.7 70.8 91.5 79.1 95.5 75.7 74.6 78.8Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 68.5 34.5 26.5 36.1 37.4 56.2 34.2 35.6 37.5Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.5 100.0 88.8 76.4 100.0 90.6 100.0 *81.9 89.9 87.0Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.4 *100.0 *100.0 *52.4 *92.8 99.4 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 98.4Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 100.0 *100.0 *79.5 *100.0 98.2 *100.0 *100.0 94.4 100.0

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 87.2 44.9 61.9 74.1 57.1 *89.6 *23.1 59.2 74.1

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 *100.0 *69.3 *68.0 *46.9 *45.6 *100.0 *21.9 *34.1 *40.8Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . 43.7 *31.2 *20.8 *59.7 *73.4 44.6 *38.8 *19.8 60.2 *62.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 *100.0 *81.4 *59.0 *78.2 82.6 *100.0 *64.3 75.6 86.9

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.5 91.8 93.8 89.2 89.6 89.6 93.1 86.7 91.5 87.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 100.0 100.0 *100.0 97.3 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 93.4Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 *100.0 81.9 76.0 85.6 87.4 *100.0 93.7 88.5 81.5Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 95.3 94.6 98.8 93.6 96.4 97.4 93.5 95.7 100.0 100.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 94.6 *100.0 100.0 96.0 *77.2 84.8 *100.0 79.6 86.1 83.3Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.5 *81.0 90.7 84.2 89.6 88.0 *87.5 *68.3 91.7 88.2


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 99.3 98.4 82.5 *100.0 98.9 99.2 98.9 97.6 100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.0 *100.0 *100.0 *45.5 *100.0 93.3 *100.0 *79.1 *93.2 *100.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 98.6 *100.0 *100.0 98.5 98.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75.1 . . . *62.0 *69.8 *100.0Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *– *100.0 100.0 *100.0Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 . . . *100.0 95.6 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 *100.0 89.1 *91.4 *100.0 98.9 100.0 100.0 96.6 100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 71.2 *100.0 *64.1 77.9 64.7 84.5 *– *80.7 79.9 89.7Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . *23.4 *– *26.5 *22.1 *– 47.2 *– *43.1 *55.6 *32.8Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 68.1 *23.3 *– *100.0 48.2 *50.2 *48.7 *54.2 *26.8

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 92.0 60.5 73.0 88.3 86.6 96.5 80.0 88.3 85.0


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Table 13. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by race, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Percent


Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 72.6 61.1 59.1 64.8 72.3 55.4 *43.1

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.6 68.4 *100.0 *– 68.0 68.0 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 42.2 37.7 *41.1 *38.8 *30.7 *54.0 *25.1Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 62.1 50.4 51.0 48.9 *68.2 *28.6 *32.5Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.3 97.0 85.4 80.6 100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.4 44.6 27.4 34.4 45.0 49.8 34.4 *49.3Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 79.4 82.4 73.0 83.2 78.4 *79.1 73.4 *89.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 41.6 28.6 34.9 54.6 52.8 50.5 64.6Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.9 94.3 82.5 90.3 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 100.0 82.0 95.3 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *–Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 100.0 87.4 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 46.0 59.0 73.2 70.7 73.6 *65.1 *77.3

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 79.2 55.4 *42.7 *51.9 *87.4 *– *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 *17.3 57.4 *65.3 *60.3 *45.4 *73.6 *74.6Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 85.5 64.8 84.0 87.8 *100.0 *81.0 *78.6

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.0 90.8 90.5 88.4 91.0 93.5 88.1 95.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 100.0 100.0 95.1 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 89.3 81.6 82.7 81.1 *65.3 82.8 *100.0Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.7 96.4 94.1 97.5 97.7 *94.7 *100.0 *100.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 91.3 92.6 79.7 91.9 *100.0 89.8 *85.7Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.5 79.3 90.6 89.8 92.4 *100.0 *84.1 *100.0


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 99.2 92.0 100.0 98.1 97.8 *100.0 *100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 97.5 *67.7 *100.0 *82.8 *68.4 *100.0 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.4 100.0 98.2 98.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *91.9 *71.6 *100.0 *100.0 *43.4 *42.7 *44.9 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *– *100.0 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 *100.0 94.9 *– *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.2 96.8 92.7 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 *66.8 73.8 78.3 94.9 *100.0 95.3 *91.9Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 *28.2 *50.7 *32.4 *49.3 *64.3 *38.5 *–Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 50.1 *30.9 *49.7 *53.7 *49.6 *100.0 *–



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Table 14. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Percent



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *78.4 *78.4 *– *– *81.1 *81.1 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *54.8 *45.7 *100.0 *– *40.1 *41.7 *33.1 *65.5Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *39.0 *41.2 *37.3 *38.3 51.5 62.7 *29.9 *49.8Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.5 100.0 84.2 *100.0 84.3 91.5 *77.1 *76.3


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 55.4 27.3 *42.3 31.8 46.9 *16.0 *32.2Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 89.6 84.5 *91.9 *100.0 78.3 86.5 59.4 *100.0Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 42.9 34.5 36.8 37.2 48.3 25.0 47.9Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.8 *100.0 *62.1 *100.0 95.4 *100.0 *91.0 *100.0Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *90.9 *100.0 *– *83.7 81.4 *100.0 *42.6 *100.0Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 *79.6 *51.5 *100.0 57.9 *46.4 55.2 *82.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *82.3 *93.2 *– *– *51.1 *– *51.1 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 *50.8 *61.0 *100.0 *51.9 *25.9 *62.8 *71.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *87.5 *100.0 *– *100.0 *77.6 *100.0 *49.3 *100.0

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.0 77.6 88.8 82.0 88.1 95.9 90.1 76.9

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 96.6 *100.0 100.0 *90.1Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 *48.5 *88.9 *62.3 74.1 *100.0 73.8 *66.2Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.9 *83.2 *100.0 *100.0 97.3 100.0 93.6 *100.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.9 *85.6 *76.5 *54.3 89.0 *100.0 100.0 *63.4Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 *73.7 91.1 *100.0 84.2 90.2 87.7 *67.0


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 95.6 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *74.4 *83.1 *54.8 *100.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *71.9 *100.0 *– *100.0 *67.2 *69.9 *47.1 *100.0Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *– *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *– *100.0 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *– *82.7 *100.0 *82.1 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 *100.0 96.2 94.9 *100.0 *100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *83.5 *100.0 *68.9 *89.2 82.2 *78.7 85.4 *78.6Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23.6 *8.2 *100.0 *– *47.2 *70.6 *45.4 *–Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 *70.3 *39.7 *100.0 *52.1 *55.6 *– *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 *75.2 87.5 *79.5 85.0 95.7 83.5 76.9


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Table 14. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Percent



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *57.9 *57.9 *– *– 83.3 81.5 *100.0 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *33.7 *36.2 *19.3 *70.3 42.0 43.8 *45.1 *32.5Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 71.6 *47.1 *53.4 56.8 61.0 53.8 *44.1Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 96.8 86.6 *84.3 93.8 97.9 91.1 83.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 40.5 25.6 *32.6 35.9 40.5 29.6 36.0Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 77.5 78.1 73.4 83.0 79.5 81.8 78.0 76.4Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 39.0 32.9 38.2 34.1 40.9 30.8 28.1Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 100.0 *84.4 *100.0 87.1 91.0 84.9 82.4Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *87.7 *100.0 *79.5 *– 97.7 100.0 *92.3 *100.0

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1 54.0 *55.4 *67.3 45.0 *30.0 61.5 *45.3

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *24.4 *44.1 *21.9 *– 69.2 *75.0 *69.8 *53.6Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1 *36.1 *62.3 *48.4 *22.2 *3.5 *47.5 *43.3Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0 *91.7 *65.9 *88.3 *61.0 *56.9 *70.9 *39.2

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.7 92.5 88.4 85.9 93.3 93.6 91.5 96.6

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 *100.0Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.2 *90.2 86.0 78.1 85.5 93.2 77.1 92.6Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 *100.0 *100.0 *91.0 96.8 97.3 94.9 100.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.4 91.8 *82.5 *89.3 97.5 93.2 100.0 *100.0Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.3 *84.8 84.2 87.0 91.9 87.4 95.0 94.5


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 100.0 *85.4 *100.0 99.0 98.8 100.0 *100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 88.2 *93.6 *63.2 *100.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 98.1 *100.0 95.9 100.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *51.1 *– *100.0 *– *100.0 *– *100.0 *100.0Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *– *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *– *100.0 *– 96.9 *100.0 96.8 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 *89.7 *89.6 *100.0 96.8 100.0 *87.2 *100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 *66.5 *64.8 76.3 77.3 *67.8 78.9 *77.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46.3 *44.6 *41.8 *100.0 *31.5 *18.7 *43.1 *39.2Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *36.1 *34.0 *50.7 *– 52.6 *53.1 *22.0 *100.0



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Table 15. Percent of acute conditions medically attended, by geographic region, place of residence, and type of condition: United States,1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1

Percent





Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 32.7 45.5 33.1 38.3 33.5 42.1 36.0Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 81.4 78.1 82.2 74.5 78.8 83.4 75.9 80.9Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.9 30.8 43.8 34.9 37.5 36.5 38.1 33.1Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4 84.5 96.3 87.1 88.1 85.7 89.6 95.8Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 84.9 100.0 93.7 92.4 82.2 100.0 97.1Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 87.1 96.4 100.0 94.2 100.0


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *43.0 *55.7 52.8 83.5 58.9 *66.1 *53.3 *69.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *41.0 *47.7 35.2 54.6 43.4 55.9 34.4 *47.9Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *86.8 85.6 75.5 78.0 80.7 83.8 78.4 77.0

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 89.6 89.0 89.0 90.0 91.1 89.3 90.5

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.9 99.1 100.0 98.3 97.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.4 80.3 81.9 83.8 83.1 88.6 79.9 84.9Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 95.1 88.7 95.7 98.1 93.9 96.8Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.8 90.3 89.9 87.9 88.8 85.2 90.8 92.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.3 85.1 84.8 92.7 88.5 86.0 89.8 82.5


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 *100.0Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.0 100.0 96.1 99.2 97.9 96.4 98.8 100.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 90.3 *79.0 100.0 95.1 97.2 93.8 80.5Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 98.3 97.1 98.3 97.8 98.6 100.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *73.7 *55.0 *100.0 *72.4 *76.9 *69.1 *81.7Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 100.0 *100.0 *100.0 *100.0Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *100.0 96.7 94.9 *90.1 95.0 93.0 96.9 *100.0Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 97.6 100.0 91.3 96.0 97.9 94.5 100.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.7 83.7 77.3 75.3 78.5 84.2 74.4 82.5Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *48.0 *36.6 *40.2 *26.9 40.8 *40.9 40.8 *16.4Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *41.9 57.1 54.1 *33.8 48.4 65.8 35.4 *47.1



NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction. The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed byusing parameter set I of table II, the frequencies of table 10, and the formula presented in rule 3 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent areindicated with an asterisk.

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Table 16. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by age and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of restricted-activity days per 100 persons per year



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 61.4 39.9 *5.4 *3.4 *– *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 *23.3 18.3 *9.5 8.4 *5.8 *5.4 *6.4Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 42.4 41.6 *17.9 22.1 21.7 17.7 27.9Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 38.4 52.4 24.8 13.3 17.4 11.9 26.2


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 121.9 77.1 76.1 63.1 49.1 47.4 51.7Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 37.8 54.0 51.7 30.2 34.9 30.9 31.6 29.8Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 202.8 227.2 165.4 203.9 173.3 172.0 175.3Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 62.3 13.2 *18.0 21.9 23.8 23.5 24.3Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 *22.5 12.9 *10.6 12.0 30.1 20.6 45.1Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 *13.6 *5.1 *5.5 8.3 15.7 18.8 *10.7

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 *23.6 16.9 29.2 35.0 37.3 38.3 35.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 *12.0 *2.1 *7.0 *6.6 *2.5 *3.3 *1.2Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 *2.6 *9.7 *6.0 7.2 9.2 *9.6 *8.4Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2 *9.0 *5.1 *16.3 21.2 25.6 25.3 26.1

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.1 *21.3 100.2 176.4 180.9 209.8 182.7 253.0

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 *1.4 46.7 56.4 49.1 72.8 61.4 90.9Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 *0.2 17.4 66.1 70.5 45.6 46.6 43.9Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 *9.6 12.3 *8.1 12.5 11.1 *6.8 *17.9Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8 *3.6 *11.9 *8.9 20.2 24.8 17.2 37.0Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 *6.5 *11.8 36.9 28.6 55.5 50.6 63.3


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *4.3 *0.9 *0.7 *2.3 *0.9 *1.2 *0.3Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 196.3 29.3 *8.6 *5.1 *6.2 *8.0 *3.3Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 *2.8 *4.3 *3.4 *2.6 *1.1 *0.1 *2.8Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 *6.6 *2.0 *3.0 12.0 14.4 *8.1 24.4Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.2 . . . *0.7 *0.2 *0.8 *2.5 *3.8 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 4.2 *– *0.4 *8.5 7.8 *2.6 *1.7 *4.1Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 . . . 19.3 57.4 52.6 *– *– . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 *4.9 *2.6 *3.7 *5.5 12.6 *8.2 19.5Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 *1.4 *5.4 *9.9 32.9 53.8 46.9 64.8Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 *0.3 *6.4 *1.5 *3.4 *2.2 *1.2 *3.8Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 *26.9 12.8 *0.8 *1.3 *2.6 *0.9 *5.4


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set II of table II, the frequencies of table 21, and the formula presented in rule 2 ofappendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 17. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by sex, age, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 59.9 37.7 *2.7 *– 14.2 63.0 42.1 *4.9 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 *11.2 *16.7 *8.6 *6.0 11.7 *36.0 *19.9 *8.6 *5.7Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 *41.8 44.3 13.1 18.6 30.2 *43.1 38.7 29.0 24.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 *37.9 48.8 16.0 18.5 24.9 *38.9 56.1 15.8 16.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 127.6 75.0 58.0 45.9 70.5 116.0 79.2 73.8 51.7Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 32.5 57.1 61.0 18.8 26.3 42.9 *50.8 41.9 48.5 34.9Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.3 205.6 201.2 167.3 144.7 217.9 199.9 254.5 222.1 197.4Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 *46.5 *16.3 14.7 20.4 27.8 78.9 *9.9 27.1 26.7Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 *19.5 *15.9 11.6 25.5 19.9 *25.7 *9.7 11.7 33.9Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 *14.3 *5.8 *4.3 *14.9 11.7 *12.8 *4.4 10.9 16.3

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 *14.6 *14.6 25.6 35.0 36.1 *32.9 *19.3 41.5 39.2

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.6 *11.0 *1.8 *6.1 *2.7 5.2 *13.1 *2.4 *7.2 *2.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . *4.6 *2.6 *6.3 *3.8 *5.2 10.9 *2.5 *13.4 *9.9 *12.5Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1 *1.0 *6.5 15.7 27.2 20.1 *17.3 *3.6 24.3 24.3

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.2 *21.2 112.1 219.1 170.7 157.2 *21.5 87.6 141.7 242.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 *2.7 65.4 66.5 50.0 50.4 *– 27.1 35.6 91.9Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 *– *10.5 85.0 37.6 44.4 *0.5 *24.6 54.4 52.4Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 13.6 *3.6 *9.4 18.8 *12.0 9.2 *15.9 *15.4 *4.4 *10.3Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 17.2 *5.1 *7.8 21.2 21.2 18.3 *2.0 *16.3 14.2 27.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 *9.8 *19.0 27.7 49.9 34.9 *3.1 *4.3 33.1 60.3


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *0.6 *0.6 *3.3 *– *1.6 *8.2 *1.2 *0.6 *1.6Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 165.3 27.5 *3.1 *1.5 29.6 228.9 31.2 *8.6 *10.2Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.4 *1.6 *0.2 *2.7 *0.2 *3.6 *4.1 *8.5 *2.8 *2.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.5 *3.3 *0.7 *4.4 *7.6 14.5 *10.1 *3.4 15.4 20.1Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 . . . *1.5 *1.4 *4.5Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 *– *0.8 15.7 *4.8Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 . . . 39.5 105.9 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.7 *1.6 *1.8 *3.5 *9.1 9.2 *8.3 *3.5 *6.7 15.5Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 19.6 *– *4.8 23.5 29.2 39.4 *2.8 *6.1 31.6 74.5Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . *2.0 *0.6 *7.0 *1.0 *0.6 *4.2 *– *5.7 *4.9 *3.6Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 *21.8 *13.7 *2.0 *4.1 5.2 *32.3 *11.9 *0.4 *1.4

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 *26.8 *22.7 12.1 64.0 55.4 *46.3 25.0 53.1 76.1


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Table 18. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by race, age, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 154.3 54.4 48.0 80.4 170.9 *36.8 *30.4

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 37.1 *4.7 *– 30.6 91.1 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 20.9 8.4 *4.7 *14.0 *12.9 *12.7 *18.0Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 45.5 23.2 23.9 *17.0 *24.3 *16.2 *8.4Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 50.9 18.1 19.5 18.7 *42.6 *7.9 *4.0


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.8 90.2 66.3 46.9 72.7 96.4 71.6 *41.8Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 40.7 61.5 34.8 32.1 28.9 *20.7 *39.5 *21.9Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 247.4 203.6 169.8 142.4 90.7 153.0 195.7Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 33.9 23.0 26.0 *8.8 *4.7 *12.5 *7.9Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 15.3 13.7 27.9 *14.9 *22.3 *1.7 *27.4Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 *8.4 8.2 15.5 *7.7 *4.7 *7.2 *12.7

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 15.9 29.1 37.9 49.4 *31.6 72.3 *34.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 *5.3 6.8 *2.5 *4.6 *5.0 *6.5 *0.9Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 *8.2 *5.0 9.4 *13.3 *6.8 *20.4 *9.8Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 *2.4 17.3 26.0 31.6 *19.8 45.5 *24.0

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.9 84.3 174.2 217.3 138.3 59.4 179.0 177.1

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.0 39.9 53.3 77.5 28.7 *10.1 *35.4 *43.1Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 13.7 69.0 49.8 31.9 *6.4 58.1 *22.0Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 11.5 11.9 10.6 *10.0 *14.7 *7.5 *7.6Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 *10.8 13.6 23.8 22.4 *6.0 *26.7 *37.6Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.6 *8.4 26.3 55.6 45.2 *22.2 51.2 *66.7


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *1.4 *2.1 *1.0 *2.2 *4.9 *1.3 *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 81.6 *4.9 *7.0 26.5 70.6 *6.6 *–Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *4.1 *2.2 *1.3 *1.9 *3.8 *1.5 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 *3.8 9.2 13.8 *8.4 *2.2 *4.1 *24.3Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *0.5 *0.6 *1.6 *3.3 *0.7 *1.0 *10.9Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 4.2 *0.3 7.6 *3.0 *– *– *– *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7 *5.8 51.5 *– 50.6 56.2 75.5 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 *3.2 *5.5 13.7 *2.3 *4.9 *1.0 *0.9Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 *4.9 27.2 51.8 31.4 *1.9 *31.4 *71.9Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 *4.5 *2.9 *2.1 *4.0 *5.6 *2.8 *3.9Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 16.5 *1.3 *2.8 *6.3 *18.6 *– *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 28.1 30.6 67.5 49.4 *23.9 48.5 86.0


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Table 19. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and typeof condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.3 *27.8 *– *– 20.1 74.4 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.8 *18.5 *9.8 *4.7 *12.8 *21.8 *9.4 *9.5Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 *36.7 *18.2 *32.2 29.6 *54.2 *17.1 *24.1Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 *27.6 *32.1 *20.8 19.1 *42.8 *18.4 *1.4


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 137.0 109.2 *38.1 80.5 79.3 106.2 53.3Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 59.8 *32.1 82.0 *58.1 34.7 *43.6 *37.2 *25.0Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 235.3 249.0 268.2 218.7 229.1 236.5 191.3Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *18.6 *22.6 *14.3 *20.2 24.9 *16.5 *30.9 *25.0Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 *18.7 *7.5 109.3 27.9 *36.3 *28.5 *20.7Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13.4 *12.2 *1.8 *29.6 *11.2 *10.6 *2.5 *21.2

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 *43.3 80.6 *43.1 33.1 *24.4 40.5 *31.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12.8 *16.8 *10.0 *12.7 *5.8 *5.9 *11.1 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *20.1 *10.8 *35.4 *9.3 *7.0 *4.0 *6.7 *9.6Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 *15.7 *35.2 *21.2 20.2 *14.5 *22.7 *22.0

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.8 115.3 254.2 284.0 208.0 71.7 266.0 250.2

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 *15.3 *54.1 110.8 54.3 *19.6 74.5 59.2Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 *19.5 108.6 *23.5 59.8 *5.5 102.9 54.9Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23.0 *51.6 *19.0 *– 21.5 *24.8 *16.3 *24.6Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 *4.8 *27.0 *45.8 29.2 *7.3 *32.7 *42.3Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 *24.1 *45.5 103.9 43.2 *14.5 *39.7 69.2


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 *2.3 *2.1 *1.4 *1.4 *1.7 *2.4 *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 80.5 *7.7 *25.9 34.9 94.8 *19.1 *5.9Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *2.5 *2.1 *– *9.2 *14.3 *9.7 *4.7Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.5 *2.1 *12.3 *9.9 *11.1 *11.7 *10.7 *11.2Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 *0.7 *2.5 *2.4 *5.6 *2.4 *1.5 *12.7Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *3.5 *– *8.3 *0.7 *6.8 *– *12.5 *5.8Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 *32.7 72.3 *– 23.3 *25.2 43.2 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13.5 *7.2 *3.5 *32.8 *11.2 *1.7 *6.6 *23.6Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 *0.8 *45.9 126.8 43.3 *8.5 42.6 71.0Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.2 *5.2 *– *2.1 *3.6 *4.6 *4.0 *2.5Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.2 *14.5 *1.4 *4.4 *7.6 *24.3 *2.7 *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.7 *31.5 *57.3 179.3 55.6 *38.1 42.5 83.6


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Table 19. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and typeof condition: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 48.0 *1.6 *– 15.4 43.5 *8.3 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.0 *11.5 *6.7 *6.8 10.4 *19.9 *8.6 *4.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 *29.6 *18.7 *27.5 27.5 47.5 20.5 *19.6Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 56.7 *17.4 *23.2 26.2 52.7 14.7 *18.8


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 72.3 46.2 40.4 63.3 91.3 56.2 48.0Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 33.1 55.4 25.9 *24.0 34.6 56.1 22.8 32.4Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.8 265.7 217.5 163.5 171.1 196.4 161.7 161.6Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 42.4 *21.9 *29.4 23.9 29.6 18.6 26.6Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 *14.4 *11.1 *15.8 10.5 *12.2 *6.7 *14.6Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.1 *8.3 *8.4 *0.9 10.9 *6.9 *11.1 *14.3

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 *20.4 30.9 36.4 25.5 *13.9 22.1 41.6

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.7 *1.8 *9.3 *3.9 *3.8 *4.9 *4.8 *1.2Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.7 *13.1 *6.8 *10.8 6.0 *7.0 *2.0 *11.2Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 *5.5 *14.8 *21.6 15.7 *2.0 15.3 29.2

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 80.8 162.3 275.8 112.9 62.2 135.7 125.6

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 *29.4 42.3 84.2 36.7 36.0 36.1 38.4Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 *22.7 66.0 87.0 40.5 *10.7 60.2 38.5Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 *4.6 *12.7 *16.8 *4.0 *2.7 *4.7 *4.1Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 *17.2 *18.1 *21.5 12.0 *6.2 *12.7 *16.3Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 *6.9 *23.2 66.3 19.7 *6.7 21.9 28.4


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.2 *4.3 *– *3.4 *1.0 *1.2 *1.4 *0.2Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 83.3 *3.6 *3.1 19.7 60.8 *3.9 *5.1Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *1.6 *1.0 *0.3 *1.4 *1.9 *2.1 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 *2.5 *17.9 *10.2 *5.4 *1.3 *3.9 *11.3Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *0.3 *0.2 *– *0.4 *– *0.5 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *7.1 *1.3 *15.6 *– *2.1 *– *4.8 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 *9.8 53.5 *– 23.0 *3.4 50.1 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.0 *2.3 *6.1 *15.7 *3.4 *2.1 *5.5 *1.7Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 *1.7 26.2 50.5 17.3 *5.7 19.0 25.5Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.6 *4.6 *5.0 *4.2 *2.6 *2.7 *3.1 *1.9Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.0 *22.5 *1.3 *4.9 *4.0 *11.1 *1.0 *1.8

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 *18.1 40.1 46.7 28.9 24.3 19.6 47.2

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter sets II and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 24 and 78, and the formula presented inrule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 20. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by geographic region, place ofresidence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1






Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 66.1 53.9 86.7 70.7 84.8 61.3 53.9Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 35.8 36.8 33.7 46.9 34.3 36.8 32.7 50.6Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 190.7 169.1 295.2 184.4 196.0 176.7 232.2Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 20.8 21.6 24.8 23.2 22.8 23.4 25.6Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 24.1 16.9 20.4 17.4 16.2 18.2 23.0Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.8 12.5 10.2 *8.9 10.2 *6.3 12.8 *10.2


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *4.0 7.9 *4.2 4.8 *4.5 4.9 *5.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.7 *4.8 11.7 *9.0 7.7 8.6 7.0 *8.5Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *11.1 16.5 22.3 19.9 19.4 19.6 19.2 13.8

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 173.4 161.0 175.2 160.4 170.6 153.6 168.2

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 49.8 56.7 55.6 52.8 49.3 55.1 54.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 54.1 40.1 57.4 48.2 47.5 48.6 41.3Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 10.6 15.1 *5.4 10.3 12.1 9.1 15.3Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 18.5 16.1 20.3 18.9 24.6 15.0 13.8Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.4 40.3 33.0 36.5 30.3 37.1 25.8 43.2


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *0.9 *0.8 *2.3 *1.7 *2.1 *1.5 *1.1Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.9 20.6 22.6 37.5 26.0 27.7 24.9 22.7Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 *1.7 *3.8 *3.5 *2.0 *1.4 *2.4 *4.3Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.3 *7.4 14.1 *8.2 10.6 14.8 7.8 *6.1Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *0.5 *0.5 *2.2 *1.3 *2.9 *0.3 *0.7Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *2.8 *3.5 *4.9 *5.3 3.8 *5.0 *3.0 *5.6Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 31.3 23.6 20.6 28.2 36.5 22.6 17.9Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *8.0 10.6 *4.7 7.1 10.6 *4.8 *6.7Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 32.3 29.0 25.4 30.2 39.9 23.6 28.3Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *5.1 *2.0 *2.9 3.7 *5.1 *2.8 *1.1Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.4 *6.2 *5.1 *8.6 6.2 *6.0 6.3 *4.7




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Table 21. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by age and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of restricted-activity days in thousands

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986,074 192,656 363,419 169,359 625,024 635,616 356,752 278,865


Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,248 12,233 18,958 1,298 2,759 – – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,163 4,641 8,686 2,293 6,836 4,706 2,691 2,016Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,137 8,447 19,766 4,309 18,051 17,564 8,835 8,728Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,473 7,640 24,894 5,998 10,838 14,103 5,903 8,199


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,511 24,285 36,634 18,359 51,469 39,764 23,602 16,162Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 96,190 10,757 24,573 7,291 28,504 25,065 15,752 9,313Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495,210 40,391 108,036 39,923 166,418 140,442 85,632 54,810Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,212 12,413 6,277 4,345 17,862 19,315 11,715 7,600Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,303 4,482 6,136 2,560 9,764 24,361 10,264 14,098Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,972 2,701 2,433 1,334 6,787 12,716 9,355 3,361


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,463 2,395 985 1,683 5,377 2,024 1,650 374Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,915 512 4,633 1,445 5,895 7,428 4,796 2,632Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,175 1,783 2,410 3,927 17,282 20,773 12,619 8,154

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,139 4,244 47,625 42,591 147,628 170,051 90,940 79,111

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,189 277 22,195 13,625 40,110 58,983 30,563 28,420Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,763 45 8,269 15,946 57,552 36,952 23,214 13,739Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,865 1,904 5,865 1,962 10,169 8,966 3,382 5,585Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,197 723 5,681 2,160 16,492 20,140 8,576 11,564Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,125 1,296 5,616 8,898 23,305 45,009 25,206 19,803


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,015 859 428 173 1,853 702 597 105Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,339 39,101 13,937 2,087 4,175 5,039 4,004 1,035Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,441 558 2,029 814 2,117 924 56 868Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,483 1,317 943 733 9,834 11,655 4,013 7,643Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070 . . . 345 54 679 1,992 1,879 113Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 10,702 – 186 2,060 6,346 2,110 832 1,277Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy andpuerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,990 . . . 9,175 13,857 42,958 – – . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,805 972 1,256 887 4,501 10,189 4,092 6,097Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,673 277 2,584 2,388 26,824 43,601 23,350 20,251Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,038 57 3,043 362 2,778 1,797 621 1,177Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,864 5,356 6,105 183 1,089 2,130 448 1,682


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set II of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 53.7million has a 10-percent RSE; of 13.1 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 5.8 million, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 22. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825,767 89,580 177,304 320,630 238,253 1,160,307 103,077 186,114 473,752 397,364


Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 16,699 6,110 9,180 1,409 – 18,549 6,123 9,778 2,649 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 11,923 1,145 4,060 4,499 2,219 15,240 3,496 4,627 4,630 2,487Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 28,723 4,261 10,780 6,802 6,880 39,413 4,187 8,986 15,557 10,684Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,958 3,859 11,881 8,352 6,865 32,515 3,780 13,013 8,484 7,237


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,470 13,011 18,253 30,197 17,008 92,041 11,275 18,380 39,631 22,755Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 40,181 5,821 14,850 9,774 9,736 56,009 4,936 9,722 26,022 15,328Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,727 20,962 48,969 87,150 53,646 284,484 19,429 59,068 119,191 86,796Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,943 4,745 3,971 7,668 7,560 36,269 7,668 2,306 14,540 11,755Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,328 1,984 3,876 6,023 9,445 25,975 2,498 2,260 6,301 14,916Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 10,661 1,456 1,405 2,264 5,536 15,311 1,245 1,029 5,857 7,180

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 31,376 1,488 3,543 13,353 12,992 47,177 3,203 4,484 22,256 17,233

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,721 1,120 438 3,173 990 6,742 1,275 547 3,887 1,034Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . 5,708 265 1,527 2,005 1,910 14,207 247 3,106 5,335 5,518Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,948 103 1,578 8,175 10,093 26,227 1,681 832 13,034 10,680

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,888 2,157 27,290 114,159 63,282 205,250 2,087 20,335 76,059 106,770

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,377 277 15,912 34,633 18,556 65,812 – 6,283 19,102 40,427Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,781 – 2,564 44,292 13,925 57,982 45 5,705 29,205 23,027Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 16,878 362 2,299 9,776 4,441 11,987 1,542 3,566 2,354 4,526Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 21,326 524 1,893 11,037 7,872 23,870 199 3,788 7,615 12,269Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,526 994 4,622 14,421 18,489 45,599 302 994 17,782 26,521


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933 59 152 1,723 – 2,082 800 276 304 702Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,738 16,849 6,703 1,629 558 38,601 22,252 7,234 4,633 4,481Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691 160 49 1,426 56 4,750 397 1,981 1,504 868Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,612 336 160 2,298 2,818 18,870 981 783 8,269 8,837Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070 . . . 345 733 1,992Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,702 – 186 8,406 2,110Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,990 . . . 9,175 56,814 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,789 168 433 1,816 3,371 12,017 804 823 3,572 6,818Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 24,243 – 1,160 12,244 10,839 51,430 277 1,423 16,968 32,762Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . 2,500 57 1,711 524 207 5,538 – 1,332 2,616 1,590Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,116 2,220 3,344 1,032 1,520 6,748 3,137 2,761 240 610



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Table 23. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by race, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Number of restricted-activity days in thousands1

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,675,922 463,869 655,037 557,015 233,730 74,850 100,511 58,369


Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,907 19,850 4,058 – 9,816 9,816 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,815 11,178 7,335 3,302 4,494 1,387 1,702 1,404Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,423 24,374 20,143 16,906 5,456 2,616 2,184 657Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,822 27,265 15,769 13,789 5,976 4,595 1,067 314


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,148 48,297 57,689 33,161 23,283 10,391 9,629 3,263Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 85,974 32,966 30,295 22,713 9,252 2,228 5,313 1,710Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429,809 132,521 177,127 120,161 45,622 9,772 20,569 15,282Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,525 18,137 20,017 18,372 2,812 506 1,687 618Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,862 8,219 11,913 19,730 4,763 2,399 227 2,136Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,615 4,483 7,147 10,985 2,477 508 974 994


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,490 2,845 5,900 1,745 1,472 534 868 70Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,393 4,367 4,361 6,665 4,245 735 2,746 764Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,774 1,308 15,046 18,420 10,116 2,132 6,111 1,873

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,535 45,167 151,544 153,824 44,293 6,400 24,062 13,831

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,660 21,386 46,394 54,880 9,205 1,086 4,753 3,366Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,606 7,322 60,050 35,234 10,225 690 7,817 1,719Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,039 6,181 10,364 7,494 3,198 1,587 1,015 596Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,470 5,761 11,875 16,834 7,172 643 3,589 2,940Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,761 4,517 22,861 39,383 14,493 2,395 6,889 5,210


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,319 764 1,853 702 696 523 173 –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,865 43,711 4,220 4,933 8,494 7,608 886 –Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,020 2,182 1,915 924 608 405 203 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,756 2,026 7,969 9,761 2,681 234 553 1,894Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,946 270 538 1,138 1,070 75 141 854Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 8,940 186 6,644 2,110 – – – –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,964 3,122 44,842 – 16,209 6,053 10,155 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,231 1,695 4,812 9,725 738 533 133 71Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,966 2,650 23,627 36,689 10,046 210 4,225 5,611Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,419 2,413 2,515 1,491 1,287 605 376 307Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,961 8,841 1,110 2,010 2,008 2,008 – –


1Totals for white and black do not sum to total restricted-activity days because other races are not included.


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Table 24. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040 2,040 – – 7,725 7,725 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 1,359 959 348 4,908 2,263 1,375 1,269Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,873 2,695 1,776 2,402 11,351 5,628 2,497 3,226Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,716 2,024 3,142 1,551 7,321 4,437 2,691 194


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,573 10,052 10,676 2,844 30,888 8,232 15,513 7,144Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 14,713 2,353 8,022 4,338 13,305 4,525 5,433 3,347Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,644 17,259 24,352 20,033 83,946 23,769 34,540 25,637Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,562 1,660 1,395 1,506 9,573 1,708 4,514 3,351Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,264 1,371 732 8,161 10,710 3,770 4,162 2,778Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283 895 177 2,210 4,296 1,095 365 2,835


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150 1,230 974 945 2,226 611 1,615 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,952 793 3,467 692 2,690 415 982 1,293Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,176 1,153 3,442 1,580 7,771 1,503 3,317 2,951

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,533 8,458 24,860 21,215 79,833 7,439 38,860 33,533

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,683 1,119 5,287 8,277 20,845 2,033 10,880 7,932Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,810 1,432 10,620 1,758 22,961 571 15,028 7,362Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,649 3,786 1,863 – 8,255 2,569 2,383 3,303Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,417 353 2,642 3,422 11,198 757 4,777 5,664Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,974 1,768 4,447 7,759 16,573 1,509 5,792 9,272


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 166 201 105 527 181 347 –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,591 5,902 757 1,932 13,415 9,838 2,788 790Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 185 203 – 3,532 1,482 1,416 633Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,099 156 1,205 738 4,276 1,214 1,562 1,500Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 48 241 181 2,161 251 212 1,698Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 867 – 816 51 2,610 – 1,829 781Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,462 2,396 7,067 – 8,925 2,620 6,305 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,320 527 346 2,447 4,298 179 962 3,157Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,018 61 4,486 9,471 16,616 882 6,217 9,516Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 378 – 160 1,393 480 583 331Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,526 1,065 133 328 2,913 2,519 394 –



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Table 24. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,203 6,835 367 – 14,937 11,417 3,521 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,297 1,635 1,553 1,109 10,098 5,217 3,679 1,202Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,061 4,218 4,339 4,505 26,647 12,448 8,716 5,483Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,917 8,080 4,041 3,796 25,335 13,828 6,246 5,262


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,659 10,294 10,744 6,622 61,278 23,939 23,902 13,436Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 17,848 7,885 6,024 3,938 33,468 14,716 9,700 9,051Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,220 37,853 50,558 26,809 165,521 51,501 68,801 45,219Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,949 6,042 5,083 4,824 23,114 7,753 7,923 7,438Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,219 2,046 2,580 2,593 10,112 3,189 2,831 4,092Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,277 1,177 1,959 141 10,530 1,818 4,705 4,007


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,056 257 2,155 644 3,641 1,282 2,033 326Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,216 1,867 1,575 1,774 5,826 1,834 846 3,146Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,778 783 3,450 3,546 15,231 537 6,515 8,178

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,452 11,506 37,734 45,212 109,223 16,323 57,754 35,146

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,830 4,190 9,839 13,801 35,544 9,438 15,361 10,745Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,831 3,235 15,337 14,259 39,199 2,797 25,630 10,772Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,374 655 2,960 2,759 3,868 719 2,009 1,139Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,172 2,444 4,196 3,531 11,585 1,620 5,413 4,553Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,244 982 5,400 10,862 19,028 1,749 9,341 7,938


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,170 619 – 550 964 321 596 47Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,195 11,866 827 502 19,022 15,937 1,659 1,425Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 227 230 56 1,380 491 889 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,184 350 4,160 1,675 5,190 343 1,677 3,170Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 46 48 – 344 – 232 113Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 3,812 186 3,625 – 2,034 – 2,034 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,818 1,395 12,424 – 22,219 897 21,322 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,313 328 1,412 2,574 3,336 549 2,323 464Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,610 237 6,095 8,277 16,709 1,504 8,085 7,120Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,491 649 1,155 687 2,552 703 1,308 541Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318 3,208 303 807 3,855 2,908 442 505


1Totals for income categories do not sum to total restricted-activity days because persons with unknown family income are not included.


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Table 25. Number of restricted-activity days associated with acute conditions, by geographic region, place of residence, and type ofcondition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331,093 478,872 649,943 526,166 1,539,989 665,554 874,435 446,085


Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,840 5,138 10,818 10,452 31,414 11,798 19,617 3,834Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,040 2,091 13,845 2,187 20,742 9,890 10,852 6,421Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,939 11,119 29,528 11,551 54,530 18,518 36,012 13,607Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,607 14,587 22,426 16,853 47,903 15,499 32,404 15,570




Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 2,484 6,759 2,400 9,478 3,583 5,895 2,985Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,829 2,979 9,982 5,125 15,275 6,860 8,415 4,639Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,562 10,249 19,032 11,332 38,613 15,643 22,970 7,562

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,561 107,558 137,431 99,589 319,915 135,992 183,923 92,224



Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,489 551 646 1,330 3,439 1,700 1,739 576Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,941 12,810 19,284 21,305 51,920 22,090 29,830 12,419Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 1,057 3,206 1,994 4,062 1,147 2,915 2,379Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,142 4,588 12,074 4,679 21,135 11,831 9,304 3,348Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137 284 400 1,249 2,687 2,308 380 383Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 1,379 2,141 4,144 3,038 7,654 4,019 3,635 3,047Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,693 19,419 20,144 11,733 56,169 29,130 27,039 9,821Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144 4,984 9,026 2,651 14,123 8,425 5,698 3,683Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,417 20,050 24,756 14,450 60,158 31,845 28,313 15,516Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 3,165 1,697 1,655 7,462 4,054 3,408 576Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,709 3,865 4,373 4,917 12,298 4,809 7,489 2,566




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Table 26. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by age and type of condition: United States,1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of bed days per 100 persons per year



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 32.0 *12.0 *3.1 *1.9 *– *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 *9.2 *10.2 *5.4 *5.5 *3.4 *3.3 *3.5Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 *18.9 20.4 *8.8 11.8 10.3 *10.2 *10.4Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 *17.3 28.4 *15.3 8.4 8.2 *6.2 *11.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 43.0 34.6 31.3 27.6 13.2 14.8 *10.8Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 13.4 *15.9 20.2 *13.2 9.8 12.3 14.5 *9.0Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 95.2 131.3 104.7 110.8 84.5 89.0 77.3Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 *19.8 *5.8 *7.4 10.6 8.2 *10.5 *4.6Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 *13.0 *3.7 *3.9 7.3 18.1 14.2 24.4Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 *10.6 *2.2 *0.9 *2.1 10.0 12.2 *6.6

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 *6.7 *7.4 *16.8 16.6 20.4 18.5 23.3

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 *2.3 *0.1 *5.5 *3.4 *1.9 *2.7 *0.7Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 *1.5 *5.3 *3.5 *2.8 *6.0 *5.1 *7.4Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 *3.0 *1.9 *7.8 10.5 12.4 *10.7 *15.3

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 *5.2 18.9 45.1 54.7 77.4 58.8 106.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.4 *– *6.2 *14.1 15.6 27.8 19.9 40.4Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 *0.2 *3.7 *13.6 17.8 9.2 *9.8 *8.2Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 *0.3 *3.6 *1.5 *1.3 *4.2 *1.7 *8.3Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 *1.7 *1.6 *1.7 7.5 8.6 *4.4 *15.4Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 *3.1 *3.8 *14.2 12.5 27.5 23.1 34.5


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 *0.9 *0.2 *– *0.1 *0.4 *0.5 *0.2Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 68.4 *9.4 *3.9 *2.4 *2.5 *3.3 *1.3Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.2 *1.7 *1.3 *– *1.8 *0.8 *– *2.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 *5.0 *1.2 *2.8 *6.0 *7.0 *3.1 *13.2Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 . . . *0.3 *0.2 *0.1 *1.3 *2.1 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *– *– *2.6 *2.0 *0.1 *0.1 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 . . . *10.4 27.7 20.0 *– *– . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 *4.5 *0.1 *0.6 *2.5 *5.0 *1.4 *10.6Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 *– *2.4 *2.2 10.2 17.5 20.7 *12.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *0.3 *2.4 *0.6 *1.4 *0.3 *0.2 *0.3Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 *11.6 *6.6 *0.7 *1.0 *1.1 *0.7 *1.9

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 *28.2 *9.4 26.0 13.1 26.8 28.4 24.4


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Table 27. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by sex, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 *34.4 *9.1 *0.8 *– 6.3 *29.5 *15.1 *3.5 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 *5.5 *9.5 *5.5 *4.3 6.0 *13.0 *11.0 *5.5 *2.5Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 *18.4 25.1 *6.1 *7.3 15.0 *19.4 *15.5 15.9 *12.8Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 *18.0 28.3 *10.5 *10.7 12.3 *16.5 28.5 *9.5 *6.2


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 *31.2 31.4 25.6 *11.4 28.6 *55.4 37.9 31.1 14.8Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 10.2 *12.4 *23.4 *5.5 *7.5 16.3 *19.6 *16.8 15.5 16.4Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.2 92.8 115.7 95.8 68.2 117.0 97.6 147.6 122.7 98.2Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 *20.1 *9.1 *8.5 *7.7 9.4 *19.5 *2.4 11.1 *8.7Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 *12.9 *1.8 *6.3 *14.6 11.9 *13.0 *5.7 *6.8 21.1Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 *13.5 *3.3 *1.1 *10.1 5.2 *7.5 *1.1 *2.6 *9.9

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 *5.0 *5.0 15.0 19.1 17.1 *8.6 *9.8 18.3 21.4

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *2.9 *0.2 *3.3 *2.5 *2.4 *1.6 *– *4.3 *1.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . *2.9 *2.1 *3.4 *1.9 *4.0 5.6 *0.9 *7.3 *3.9 *7.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 *– *1.4 *9.7 *12.6 9.2 *6.0 *2.5 *10.0 *12.3

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.2 *4.8 26.1 67.9 50.2 51.6 *5.7 *11.2 37.5 100.2

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 *– *11.0 21.5 18.7 15.9 *– *1.1 *9.2 35.4Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 *– *3.0 21.6 *6.4 9.7 *0.5 *4.4 12.2 *11.6Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . *2.7 *– *4.2 *2.3 *2.9 *2.5 *0.6 *3.0 *0.4 *5.4Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 5.5 *1.8 *1.8 *9.3 *3.6 6.0 *1.5 *1.4 *3.1 *12.8Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 *3.1 *6.2 13.2 18.5 17.5 *3.1 *1.4 12.6 35.1

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . 22.4 67.7 *19.6 19.4 15.9 65.0 118.3 49.8 71.9 52.7

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *– *– *0.5 *1.9 *0.5 *0.2 *0.7Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 *53.2 *8.7 *1.8 *0.6 11.0 84.2 *10.1 *3.7 *4.1Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *0.6 *0.2 *2.2 -* *1.4 *2.9 *2.4 *0.6 *1.4Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.1 *1.0 *0.7 *3.6 *4.7 6.8 *9.1 *1.8 *6.8 *9.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 . . . *0.5 *0.3 *2.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *– *– *4.3 *0.1Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 . . . *21.4 42.8 *–

Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.0 *1.0 *– *1.7 *4.2 *3.5 *8.3 *0.2 *2.4 *5.7Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 5.0 *– *0.9 *7.6 *5.2 13.8 *– *3.9 *9.1 27.8Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *0.6 *2.0 *0.8 *– *1.3 *– *3.0 *1.6 *0.5Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.4 *11.3 *7.2 *1.6 *1.2 *2.5 *11.9 *6.1 *0.3 *1.1

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 *15.7 *10.1 *6.0 20.0 26.2 *41.2 *8.7 25.8 32.6


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Table 28. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by race, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 74.4 31.4 24.1 36.8 75.2 *22.7 *8.3

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 15.3 *2.6 *– *11.3 *33.5 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 10.9 *5.4 *3.3 *6.6 *5.7 *8.5 *4.8Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 21.6 11.8 11.5 *9.2 *12.5 *10.5 *2.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 26.6 11.6 9.3 *9.7 *23.5 *3.7 *1.2


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 34.4 26.1 11.1 35.9 *49.2 *41.9 *7.4Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 14.3 22.1 11.3 12.1 *9.3 *7.7 *9.4 *11.2Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.1 134.6 113.1 84.9 81.5 54.6 93.4 98.1Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 12.2 10.9 8.7 *4.4 *1.5 *6.5 *4.6Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 *5.0 7.6 14.8 *11.1 *15.4 *1.3 *22.1Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 *4.8 *1.7 9.3 *5.3 *4.4 *3.2 *9.9

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 *6.2 14.9 20.8 22.6 *13.8 *32.1 *18.4

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.5 *0.5 *4.1 *1.9 *1.7 *2.3 *2.2 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 *4.6 *2.0 *5.9 *7.0 *2.9 *9.3 *8.6Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 *1.1 8.8 13.0 *13.9 *8.6 *20.5 *9.8

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 14.7 47.0 82.2 54.4 *17.5 88.6 *46.3

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 *4.8 16.2 29.8 *9.3 *3.2 *14.4 *9.0Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 *2.7 13.9 10.4 *14.9 *0.9 *33.8 *1.8Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 *2.8 *1.2 *4.9 *1.9 *2.4 *2.7 *–Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 *1.5 *5.1 8.7 *7.9 *2.6 *11.8 *8.7Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 *2.9 10.6 28.5 20.2 *8.3 *26.0 *26.8

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 46.1 45.9 35.4 58.9 84.8 48.1 *41.5

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *– *0.1 *0.4 *0.9 *2.8 *– *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 25.6 *2.8 *2.8 *12.7 *33.0 *3.7 *–Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.4 *1.7 *1.7 *0.9 *0.2 *0.6 *– *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 *2.9 *5.7 *7.4 *1.5 *– *0.4 *5.5Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *0.2 *0.1 *1.2 *1.0 *0.3 *0.7 *2.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *– *2.6 *0.1 *– *– *– *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 *2.1 21.1 *– 23.1 *35.5 *26.6 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 *1.6 *2.3 *5.4 *0.6 *0.9 *0.2 *0.9Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 *2.0 7.6 15.7 *14.0 *0.6 *14.3 *31.8Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *1.8 *0.9 *0.2 *1.9 *2.2 *2.2 *0.8Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 *8.3 *1.0 *1.3 *3.0 *8.9 *– *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1 16.0 15.9 25.3 23.2 *11.6 *18.5 *47.3


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Table 29. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 *55.2 *36.0 *25.4 38.4 87.3 *29.0 *10.8

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *2.1 *– *– *8.5 *31.6 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.9 *8.3 *6.1 *– *8.4 *13.4 *5.7 *7.4Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *17.1 *23.5 *13.4 *15.7 *12.1 *25.1 *10.7 *3.4Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15.9 *21.3 *16.5 *9.7 *9.4 *17.2 *12.5 *–


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 *74.0 *47.9 *9.7 35.8 *32.3 56.3 *16.2Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . *21.5 *10.7 *18.5 *36.0 *9.9 *16.1 *8.6 *6.5Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.1 157.0 144.6 163.8 116.5 142.2 123.4 89.0Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.7 *12.1 *7.5 *7.1 *10.9 *8.3 *16.2 *7.0Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 *17.4 *2.7 88.3 15.4 *12.9 *18.0 *14.4Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.8 *9.7 *– *13.1 *8.4 *4.3 *2.5 *18.1

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 *3.1 *46.7 *23.7 16.8 *9.5 *21.2 *17.8

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.1 *– *6.4 *11.7 *3.9 *2.8 *8.2 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *11.7 *1.7 *21.4 *9.0 *3.6 *3.5 *1.5 *6.0Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.8 *1.4 *18.9 *2.9 *9.3 *3.1 *11.4 *11.8

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 *24.3 *46.5 91.4 86.5 *21.9 110.8 110.0

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.3 *1.8 *7.2 *13.0 24.5 *9.1 *30.6 *29.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.4 *– *12.2 *8.4 25.4 *3.4 47.9 *18.0Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.8 *12.0 *0.6 *– *7.9 *4.2 *1.4 *17.8Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.4 *– *9.2 *5.6 *11.7 *2.1 *9.3 *21.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 *10.6 *17.2 *64.4 17.0 *3.1 *21.7 *22.6

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 *68.4 *57.2 *61.4 72.9 93.6 61.3 69.6

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *– *– *0.7 *0.5 *1.7 *– *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13.9 *31.9 *3.5 *9.8 15.3 *36.9 *8.9 *5.5Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 *1.5 *– *– *3.7 *1.7 *4.1 *4.7Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.9 *– *7.3 *9.9 *8.5 *9.2 *7.2 *9.4Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 *0.7 *0.6 *– *2.9 *0.7 *– *7.7Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *2.1 *– *4.7 *0.7 *0.8 *– *2.2 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13.9 *17.8 *21.5 *– *11.2 *25.2 *11.5 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.4 *3.1 *0.3 *14.2 *4.3 *– *2.4 *9.9Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *13.9 *0.4 *18.2 *21.7 19.4 *2.4 *19.9 *31.9Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *2.0 *– *– *1.9 *3.0 *2.5 *0.4Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.1 *11.1 *1.1 *4.4 *4.5 *12.7 *2.7 *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 *13.4 *32.9 *59.7 23.7 *20.8 *15.7 *34.8


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Table 29. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by family income, age, and type of condition:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.9 *16.8 *1.1 *– 7.6 *20.2 *4.8 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.0 *5.7 *3.5 *3.2 6.7 *11.9 *5.8 *3.2Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 *14.7 *11.2 *15.8 12.4 *19.2 *9.2 *10.9Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 *28.7 *10.1 *14.8 13.7 28.6 *10.0 *5.4


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 *35.4 *17.4 *7.2 21.2 29.1 21.0 *13.9Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 14.8 *19.3 *15.0 *10.7 13.4 25.1 *6.4 *13.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.2 134.0 115.9 74.9 92.8 105.9 93.3 79.6Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 *17.8 *9.7 *12.0 8.7 *7.7 *8.0 *10.6Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.5 *6.9 *6.3 *6.4 *4.0 *2.5 *3.9 *5.5Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *6.1 *1.6 *– *4.7 *3.8 *2.1 *9.3

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 *10.2 *15.6 *19.7 12.4 *7.2 *8.6 23.0

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.3 *0.7 *4.7 *3.6 *1.3 *0.4 *2.6 *0.3Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.3 *5.7 *1.2 *7.4 *4.1 *5.1 *1.3 *7.4Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.8 *3.8 *9.8 *8.6 7.0 *1.7 *4.8 *15.3

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6 *14.1 52.6 99.3 30.3 *10.2 37.0 38.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 *2.4 *15.4 36.8 9.9 *3.0 *10.2 *15.8Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 *3.7 *16.7 *16.0 8.1 *3.5 *12.6 *5.7Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.6 *1.4 *2.3 *4.2 *0.5 *0.8 *0.6 *–Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.7 *3.0 *7.8 *5.1 *4.6 *1.3 *5.0 *7.3Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 *3.7 *10.4 37.3 7.1 *1.6 *8.6 *10.0

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 43.6 55.7 *25.7 26.8 33.0 32.5 *12.2

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 *– *– *1.2 *0.2 *0.4 *– *0.2Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.1 *25.2 *1.8 *2.0 6.7 *20.8 *1.9 *0.8Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 *0.9 *1.0 *– *1.0 *1.3 *1.5 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.3 *2.1 *12.8 *7.3 *1.4 *0.9 *0.9 *2.7Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *– *0.1 *– *0.2 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *2.7 *– *6.4 *– *0.0 *– *0.1 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.9 *– *22.9 *– 9.9 *3.4 20.5 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *1.1 *2.3 *– *1.1 *– *2.1 *0.7Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.1 *– *6.0 *14.8 *4.5 *2.9 *3.6 *7.1Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *2.5 *1.2 *0.3 *0.9 *0.8 *1.2 *0.4Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.7 *11.7 *1.3 *– *1.0 *2.4 *0.5 *0.4

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 *13.6 29.2 *19.6 13.3 *9.7 *8.9 23.5


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Table 30. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions per 100 persons per year, by geographic region, place of residence, andtype of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 27.7 48.2 26.9 37.6 31.8 41.5 40.6Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.1 *3.2 *4.3 *7.3 6.6 *5.0 7.8 *2.1Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 *2.0 8.5 *1.6 6.1 *6.5 5.8 *5.7Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 *8.1 20.0 *5.6 12.6 10.6 14.0 15.2Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.0 14.4 15.5 12.5 12.3 9.8 14.0 17.6


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 24.5 22.8 32.1 27.6 33.2 23.9 19.4Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 15.8 14.0 11.3 13.7 11.7 12.0 11.5 19.4Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 102.8 102.0 141.4 99.0 105.4 94.8 124.2Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.2 10.9 8.5 *8.3 9.2 10.8 8.1 *9.9Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.6 10.6 10.1 14.0 8.9 10.0 8.2 14.9Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.7 *4.8 *5.5 *6.6 5.0 *4.0 5.7 *5.8

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.6 12.5 20.6 18.3 14.7 16.8 13.2 17.7Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *1.9 *3.3 *3.3 *2.2 *2.0 *2.3 *3.1Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *2.8 *6.2 *4.6 4.0 *4.6 *3.6 *5.3Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.8 *7.8 11.0 10.3 8.5 10.3 7.3 *9.3

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 41.8 64.8 52.7 48.5 57.8 42.4 57.3

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.1 12.4 24.0 14.7 15.8 14.9 16.5 18.2Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.3 *5.8 11.8 16.3 11.5 13.6 10.0 *7.7Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.7 *2.0 *4.5 *0.3 *2.0 *2.3 *1.7 *5.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.6 *4.7 7.6 *4.1 6.0 *6.9 5.4 *4.7Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.3 17.0 16.8 17.2 13.3 20.2 8.7 21.7


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *0.7 *0.3 *– *0.2 *0.4 *0.1 *0.5Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.1 *8.6 7.9 12.2 8.7 10.2 7.8 *10.2Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *1.3 *0.6 *2.9 *1.1 *0.3 *1.6 *1.6Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.5 *3.9 7.3 *4.3 5.5 9.2 *3.0 *3.4Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *– *0.3 *0.3 *0.7 *1.4 *0.2 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *– *1.3 *1.5 *0.5 *0.8 *0.3 *1.2 *1.4Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 12.2 11.0 *6.6 11.2 17.3 7.2 *10.2Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.1 *4.6 *4.5 *0.6 *2.7 *4.5 *1.4 *3.3Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.9 11.1 9.5 *7.3 10.1 14.4 7.2 *7.3Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *1.5 *1.1 *0.5 *1.2 *1.1 *1.2 *0.5Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 *3.9 *2.3 *3.6 3.1 *2.5 *3.5 *2.3




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Table 31. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by age and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under5 years

5–17years

18–24years

25–44years

45 years and over

Total45–64years

65 yearsand over

Number of bed days in thousands



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,389 6,378 5,721 752 1,537 – – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,215 1,833 4,864 1,314 4,484 2,719 1,624 1,095Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,491 3,762 9,695 2,115 9,592 8,328 5,082 3,246Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,203 3,447 13,501 3,694 6,875 6,685 3,085 3,600


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,769 8,564 16,451 7,544 22,496 10,714 7,346 3,368Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 33,967 3,173 9,601 3,193 7,994 10,006 7,205 2,801Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,589 18,951 62,407 25,281 90,473 68,475 44,292 24,184Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,777 3,943 2,758 1,790 8,627 6,658 5,209 1,449Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,962 2,581 1,761 945 5,991 14,684 7,057 7,627Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,228 2,105 1,067 211 1,723 8,122 6,050 2,072


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,128 455 48 1,320 2,743 1,562 1,354 208Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,810 301 2,525 835 2,288 4,861 2,561 2,300Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,050 588 922 1,893 8,556 10,091 5,308 4,783

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,231 1,041 8,971 10,884 44,630 62,705 29,300 33,405

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,594 – 2,929 3,401 12,740 22,525 9,888 12,637Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,116 45 1,759 3,285 14,554 7,474 4,902 2,572Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,628 54 1,711 368 1,058 3,437 851 2,585Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,573 330 744 401 6,115 6,982 2,171 4,811Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,321 613 1,829 3,429 10,164 22,287 11,488 10,799


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 181 117 – 103 300 247 52Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,016 13,612 4,456 941 1,977 2,030 1,636 394Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,040 346 602 – 1,458 633 – 633Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,779 989 569 684 4,862 5,675 1,555 4,120Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300 . . . 123 54 90 1,034 1,034 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 2,349 – – 636 1,663 51 51 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,938 . . . 4,965 6,676 16,297 – – . . .Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,153 904 54 154 2,015 4,025 698 3,328Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,125 – 1,125 543 8,306 14,152 10,329 3,824Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683 57 1,163 142 1,105 216 107 109Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,398 2,311 3,151 159 848 928 328 600



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Table 32. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by sex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under5 years

5–17years

18–44years

45 yearsand over


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347,572 35,956 77,275 142,741 91,600 506,540 45,177 83,828 202,735 174,799


Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . 6,120 3,509 2,209 403 – 8,268 2,869 3,513 1,887 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 7,351 565 2,322 2,863 1,601 7,864 1,268 2,542 2,936 1,118Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 13,850 1,880 6,108 3,162 2,700 19,641 1,882 3,587 8,545 5,628Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,151 1,839 6,875 5,476 3,962 16,052 1,608 6,626 5,093 2,723


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,395 3,181 7,653 13,348 4,213 37,374 5,383 8,798 16,692 6,501Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . 12,617 1,267 5,702 2,864 2,784 21,349 1,905 3,900 8,323 7,222Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,822 9,465 28,146 49,910 25,300 152,767 9,486 34,261 65,844 43,175Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,550 2,049 2,209 4,440 2,852 12,227 1,894 549 5,977 3,806Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,478 1,316 436 3,302 5,424 15,485 1,265 1,326 3,634 9,260Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 6,487 1,380 807 551 3,749 6,740 725 260 1,383 4,372

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 16,618 512 1,216 7,804 7,086 22,369 832 2,279 9,830 9,428

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,006 295 48 1,737 926 3,122 160 – 2,326 637Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . 3,536 217 826 1,009 1,484 7,274 84 1,700 2,113 3,377Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,077 – 343 5,058 4,676 11,973 588 579 5,391 5,415

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,862 492 6,360 35,389 18,622 67,369 550 2,611 20,125 44,083

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,834 – 2,671 11,213 6,950 20,760 – 258 4,927 15,575Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,404 – 742 11,272 2,390 12,712 45 1,017 6,566 5,085Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . 3,312 – 1,011 1,223 1,078 3,315 54 699 203 2,359Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . 6,782 181 430 4,827 1,344 7,791 149 314 1,689 5,638Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,530 311 1,505 6,853 6,861 22,791 302 323 6,739 15,426


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – 700 181 117 103 300Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,716 5,425 2,123 935 233 14,299 8,187 2,333 1,983 1,797Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275 63 49 1,163 – 1,765 283 554 296 633Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,889 102 160 1,896 1,731 8,890 887 408 3,650 3,944Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300 . . . 123 144 1,034Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,349 – – 2,298 51Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,938 . . . 4,965 22,973 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,531 100 – 891 1,540 4,622 804 54 1,278 2,485Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . 6,129 – 219 3,970 1,940 17,996 – 906 4,878 12,213Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . 946 57 475 414 – 1,737 – 688 833 216Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,180 1,152 1,745 845 438 3,218 1,159 1,406 162 490



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Table 33. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by race, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Number of bed days in thousands1


Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,266 39,866 27,316 17,083 11,797 8,101 3,047 649

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,503 8,213 2,289 – 3,614 3,614 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,824 5,821 4,655 2,348 2,125 610 1,144 371Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,018 11,577 10,295 8,147 2,937 1,344 1,412 181Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,921 14,255 10,078 6,588 3,121 2,533 491 97


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,944 18,438 22,665 7,840 11,508 5,298 5,631 578Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 30,252 11,855 9,862 8,535 2,973 834 1,263 876Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,609 72,113 98,377 60,119 26,095 5,883 12,553 7,659Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,157 6,511 9,454 6,192 1,399 167 874 358Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,792 2,682 6,642 10,467 3,554 1,661 171 1,722Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,660 2,552 1,500 6,608 1,687 477 434 776


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,180 258 3,568 1,354 546 246 300 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,396 2,472 1,737 4,187 2,241 310 1,256 675Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,382 579 7,637 9,166 4,456 930 2,761 765

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,955 7,881 40,882 58,193 17,412 1,881 11,916 3,616

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,747 2,587 14,079 21,081 2,978 341 1,930 706Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,902 1,451 12,117 7,335 4,781 102 4,539 139Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,003 1,508 1,058 3,437 624 256 368 –Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,341 792 4,408 6,141 2,545 282 1,582 681Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,961 1,543 9,220 20,198 6,484 899 3,496 2,089


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 – 103 300 298 298 – –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,085 13,688 2,421 1,977 4,058 3,561 497 –Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,977 885 1,458 633 63 63 – –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,730 1,558 4,929 5,243 486 – 55 432Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 91 46 844 319 32 98 190Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 2,349 – 2,298 51 – – – –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,513 1,134 18,379 – 7,405 3,830 3,574 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,714 859 2,020 3,835 203 100 32 71Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,749 1,063 6,593 11,093 4,471 62 1,923 2,485Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,932 979 797 156 593 241 292 60Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,228 4,455 845 928 958 958 – –


1Totals for white and black do not sum to total bed days because other races are not included.


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Table 34. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 151 – – 3,279 3,279 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205 608 597 – 3,218 1,391 837 989Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,209 1,727 1,310 1,173 4,631 2,601 1,570 460Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,907 1,565 1,618 724 3,612 1,785 1,827 –


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,834 5,425 4,687 722 13,754 3,354 8,223 2,176Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 5,280 786 1,808 2,686 3,798 1,667 1,257 874Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,893 11,516 14,143 12,234 44,702 14,751 18,022 11,928Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,147 885 731 532 4,170 864 2,368 938Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,136 1,279 261 6,596 5,899 1,340 2,629 1,930Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684 709 – 975 3,233 448 365 2,420

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,564 229 4,564 1,771 6,453 985 3,090 2,379

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504 – 629 876 1,490 295 1,194 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,888 124 2,089 675 1,387 363 224 801Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172 106 1,846 220 3,576 326 1,672 1,578

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,153 1,781 4,544 6,829 33,200 2,277 16,188 14,735

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,807 129 706 971 9,389 948 4,467 3,973Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827 – 1,196 631 9,767 353 6,996 2,418Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 877 56 – 3,023 435 203 2,385Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 – 900 418 4,509 217 1,354 2,937Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,269 775 1,686 4,808 6,512 323 3,167 3,022


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 – – 52 181 181 – –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,421 2,341 345 735 5,860 3,828 1,299 733Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 108 – – 1,410 174 603 633Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,456 – 718 738 3,270 957 1,050 1,263Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 48 54 – 1,108 75 – 1,034Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 510 – 459 51 315 – 315 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,409 1,305 2,104 – 4,299 2,620 1,679 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 225 32 1,064 1,668 – 344 1,324Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,427 30 1,777 1,620 7,433 253 2,904 4,276Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 147 – – 736 314 363 60Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249 811 110 328 1,709 1,315 394 –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,661 982 3,217 4,462 9,108 2,156 2,291 4,661


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Table 34. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by family income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993—Con.

[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over

Allages

Under18 years

18–44years

45 yearsand over




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,660 2,397 262 – 7,333 5,306 2,027 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142 810 811 521 6,476 3,108 2,462 906Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,286 2,099 2,592 2,595 11,977 5,040 3,897 3,041Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,887 4,094 2,358 2,434 13,270 7,504 4,267 1,499


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,263 5,037 4,041 1,185 20,475 7,624 8,955 3,897Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 7,984 2,746 3,484 1,753 13,007 6,571 2,717 3,720Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,317 19,090 26,942 12,285 89,758 27,776 39,716 22,266Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,761 2,529 2,260 1,972 8,387 2,020 3,413 2,954Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,491 986 1,463 1,042 3,850 647 1,651 1,552Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252 875 377 – 4,516 991 910 2,615


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,774 98 1,087 590 1,298 110 1,090 97Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,306 817 270 1,219 3,944 1,334 539 2,070Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,227 541 2,272 1,414 6,757 434 2,043 4,280

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,523 2,015 12,226 16,283 29,280 2,688 15,749 10,842

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,947 341 3,577 6,030 9,559 794 4,343 4,422Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,021 525 3,877 2,618 7,883 925 5,360 1,598Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,420 193 536 692 484 220 264 –Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,072 424 1,818 830 4,498 328 2,134 2,036Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,063 532 2,418 6,113 6,856 420 3,649 2,786


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 – – 200 164 117 – 47Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,353 3,594 426 332 6,477 5,454 794 229Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 132 230 – 957 332 626 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,473 303 2,966 1,204 1,372 249 380 743Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 90 – 90 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . 1,478 – 1,478 – 46 – 46 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,331 – 5,331 – 9,616 897 8,719 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 154 543 – 1,095 – 905 190Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,818 – 1,397 2,421 4,306 768 1,538 2,000Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 356 272 49 826 202 517 107Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974 1,671 303 – 951 640 201 110


1Totals for income categories do not sum to total bed days because persons with unknown family income are not included.


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Table 35. Number of bed days associated with acute conditions, by geographic region, place of residence, and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,553 2,009 3,661 4,165 13,258 3,966 9,292 1,130Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,842 1,238 7,251 884 12,068 5,168 6,900 3,147Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,273 5,006 17,043 3,169 25,176 8,423 16,753 8,315Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,010 8,908 13,207 7,079 24,565 7,821 16,744 9,638




Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 1,188 2,827 1,859 4,416 1,605 2,811 1,713Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130 1,729 5,313 2,638 7,924 3,632 4,293 2,885Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900 4,851 9,416 5,882 16,931 8,188 8,743 5,118

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,050 25,933 55,306 29,943 96,817 46,099 50,718 31,414

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,079 7,669 20,464 8,382 31,608 11,856 19,752 9,986Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,173 3,570 10,091 9,282 22,881 10,850 12,030 4,236Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,343 1,255 3,881 148 3,903 1,850 2,053 2,724Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819 2,915 6,502 2,337 11,988 5,466 6,522 2,585Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,636 10,523 14,367 9,794 26,437 16,076 10,361 11,884


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – 453 247 – 448 284 164 253Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,029 5,305 6,732 6,951 17,425 8,118 9,307 5,591Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 815 505 1,631 2,157 202 1,955 883Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,738 2,396 6,208 2,436 10,941 7,343 3,597 1,838Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 – 223 190 1,300 1,108 191 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . – 830 1,250 270 1,608 219 1,389 741Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,188 7,563 9,431 3,756 22,365 13,775 8,590 5,573Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 2,873 3,877 349 5,333 3,619 1,713 1,820Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,955 6,879 8,126 4,167 20,135 11,484 8,651 3,990Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 934 928 302 2,386 891 1,495 297Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 2,390 2,000 2,047 6,118 1,957 4,161 1,280




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Table 36. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, byage and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


All ages18 yearsand over

18–44 years 45 years and over

Total18–24years

25–44years Total

45–64years

Number of work-loss days per 100 currently employed persons per year

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.0 346.5 319.1 353.0 263.7 268.8

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 25.2 *26.0 25.0 18.3 19.1

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.5 *3.7 *7.2 *2.9 *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 6.0 *5.8 *6.1 *3.6 *4.0Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 8.1 *6.9 8.4 *10.7 *11.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 7.3 *6.2 7.6 *4.0 *3.8

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.6 144.2 129.2 147.8 107.8 108.2

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 22.8 *21.7 23.0 17.8 18.2Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 12.6 *11.3 12.9 *10.1 *10.4Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 90.9 78.2 93.9 67.0 66.0Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.5 *8.1 9.8 *8.8 *9.8Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 *4.8 *4.3 *5.0 *2.0 *1.6Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.2 *3.7 *5.5 *3.2 *2.2 *2.1

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 15.6 *23.8 13.6 16.2 15.9

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *3.7 *3.9 *3.6 *1.7 *0.9Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.9 *3.1 *1.7 *3.5 *2.6 *2.9Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 8.8 *18.3 *6.5 *12.0 *12.1

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.0 96.0 103.6 94.2 71.1 73.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 28.6 33.3 27.5 27.1 30.2Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 38.6 42.3 37.8 16.2 17.2Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 8.0 *7.7 8.1 *5.9 *4.4Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 6.1 *0.9 7.4 *6.6 *4.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 14.6 *19.4 13.4 15.3 17.1

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 56.0 *28.3 62.7 28.7 28.9

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *1.5 *– *1.9 *0.3 *0.3Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *1.8 *1.3 *1.9 *1.2 *1.2Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *1.2 *– *1.5 *0.1 *0.2Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 *5.5 *0.3 *6.7 *2.8 *3.2Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *0.4 *0.3 *0.4 *1.6 *1.8Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.9 *3.6 *– *4.5 *1.5 *1.6Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 18.4 27.1 *20.8 28.6 *– *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *2.0 *2.3 *1.9 *1.3 *1.4Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 11.0 *2.9 13.0 18.6 18.0Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *1.4 *0.3 *1.7 *0.6 *0.5Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *0.6 *– *0.7 *0.6 *0.7

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 9.5 *8.1 9.8 21.7 22.9

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter sets III and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 41 and 78, and the formula presented inrule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 37. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, bysex, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.4 18.4 *18.2 28.5 33.2 *18.4

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 *2.3 *– *3.7 *5.5 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.3 *4.6 *3.6 *6.4 *7.7 *3.6Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 *6.2 *11.9 10.1 *10.4 *9.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.5 *5.3 *2.7 *8.3 *9.6 *5.5


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.6 17.8 *11.1 27.7 28.7 *25.6Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.1 *7.1 *4.0 18.5 19.2 *17.2Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 78.0 63.6 95.0 106.2 71.1Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.7 *6.4 *7.4 12.2 13.1 *10.3Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.8 *3.1 *2.0 *5.3 *6.9 *2.0Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.1 *2.4 *1.4 *4.5 *5.2 *3.1

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.7 14.5 *18.2 15.9 16.9 *13.9

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.2 *3.0 *0.6 *4.0 *4.5 *3.0Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *1.6 *4.2 *3.6 *4.9 *0.7Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 *9.9 *13.5 *8.4 *7.5 *10.2

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.7 116.7 78.8 68.2 71.2 61.9

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 39.2 28.2 19.1 16.0 *25.7Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 45.0 *13.5 27.3 31.1 *19.3Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 11.4 *7.0 *4.2 *4.0 *4.6Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.9 *6.5 *7.9 *5.6 *5.7 *5.1Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 14.7 *22.2 12.1 14.4 *7.2

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 25.9 *11.9 78.1 92.0 48.5

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 *2.8 *– *0.2 *– *0.6Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *0.8 *1.0 *2.5 *3.0 *1.5Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *1.5 *0.3 *0.5 *0.8 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.6 *3.3 *4.3 *5.9 *8.2 *1.1Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *0.8 *3.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.4 *7.9 *3.2Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 59.4 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *2.2 *0.3 *2.0 *1.8 *2.4Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 13.9 *4.6 16.5 *7.6 35.3Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *0.6 *0.2 *1.9 *2.3 *1.0Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *0.8 *1.1 *0.2 *0.3 *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.1 *2.5 *17.0 20.8 17.9 27.2


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Table 38. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, byrace, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 26.8 18.5 *22.7 *22.8 *22.6

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *4.4 *– *– *– *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 *5.1 *3.1 *13.3 *14.9 *9.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 9.1 *11.7 *4.5 *4.2 *5.3Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 8.2 *3.7 *4.8 *3.7 *7.9


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 19.8 13.2 35.0 *45.4 *7.5Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 13.7 *9.3 *12.1 *9.1 *20.2Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.1 94.5 62.7 77.9 62.9 *117.7Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 10.7 *9.2 *3.0 *1.3 *7.5Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 *5.4 *2.3 *1.8 *2.5 *–Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.4 *3.8 *2.5 *3.1 *4.3 *–

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 11.9 14.5 44.3 48.7 *32.7

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *3.8 *1.3 *2.4 *3.3 *–Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.3 *2.0 *2.9 *8.8 *12.1 *–Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 *6.0 *10.3 *33.2 *33.3 *32.7

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.6 95.3 69.0 102.2 96.9 *116.2

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 30.6 25.8 *24.6 *15.2 *49.5Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 38.2 17.5 *30.1 *37.9 *9.5Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 8.5 *6.5 *5.7 *7.2 *2.0Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 *4.6 *7.0 *14.0 *18.0 *3.4Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 13.3 *12.2 *27.8 *18.7 *51.8

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 56.8 26.7 *31.8 *32.2 *30.6

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *1.8 *0.3 *– *– *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *1.7 *1.4 *2.3 *3.1 *–Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.8 *1.1 *0.2 *1.6 *2.2 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 *5.0 *2.6 *2.5 *1.2 *6.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 *0.2 *1.8 *0.8 *1.1 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.4 *4.3 *1.7 *– *– *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 19.0 28.3 *– *9.6 *13.2 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *2.2 *0.4 *1.4 *1.1 *2.1Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 10.7 17.0 *11.4 *7.6 *21.7Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *1.0 *0.6 *2.3 *2.8 *0.8Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *0.6 *0.7 *– *– *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 7.5 22.5 *20.7 *20.5 *21.3


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Table 39. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, byfamily income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$24,999 $25,000 or more


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.6 516.6 *228.2 381.6 401.3 330.7 284.5 307.6 237.7

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . *7.5 *4.5 *18.2 26.7 30.8 *16.1 23.8 25.9 19.6

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *1.6 *2.2 *– *3.4 *5.1 *–Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *6.4 *8.4 *1.1 *4.8 *4.8 *4.8Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.1 *– *18.2 *7.9 *5.2 *15.0 10.1 9.8 *10.8Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.5 *4.5 *– *10.8 *15.0 *– *5.6 *6.3 *4.0

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.0 171.9 *149.8 147.3 168.4 93.0 128.5 138.6 108.3

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *43.5 *46.2 *34.0 20.9 *27.6 *3.9 17.1 18.9 *13.5Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . *5.4 *7.0 *– *8.9 *10.4 *5.2 12.4 12.2 *12.8Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 112.4 *115.8 97.7 107.1 *73.4 81.5 88.9 66.7Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *2.3 *– *11.2 *14.2 *3.3 10.6 *9.5 *12.7Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *6.1 *7.2 *3.2 *3.0 *4.1 *0.7Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.1 *3.9 *– *2.5 *1.9 *4.0 *4.0 *5.0 *1.9

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *45.2 *58.2 *– *12.2 *12.3 *12.1 13.0 11.0 *17.3

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.0 *5.1 *– *4.5 *6.2 *– *2.7 *3.0 *2.1Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . *19.2 *24.7 *– *2.0 *1.9 *2.4 *2.5 *2.0 *3.4Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22.1 *28.4 *– *5.7 *4.2 *9.7 7.8 *5.9 *11.7

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.0 231.4 *4.4 126.5 124.9 130.5 60.2 66.3 48.0

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15.5 *19.9 *– 32.0 35.7 *22.4 19.1 19.4 *18.6Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.5 137.0 *4.4 54.0 61.8 *33.8 22.9 27.0 *14.8Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . *13.1 *16.8 *– *11.5 *8.5 *19.4 *4.3 *4.3 *4.2Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . *19.0 *24.4 *– *8.3 *5.5 *15.5 *5.2 *5.1 *5.4Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *25.9 *33.3 *– *20.7 *13.5 *39.3 8.7 10.6 *5.0

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . *36.5 *40.4 *22.9 52.4 51.9 *53.7 45.4 56.8 22.3

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *– *– *– *0.8 *1.0 *0.4Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *2.9 *3.3 *1.9 *1.6 *1.7 *1.3Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.5 *4.5 *– *0.2 *– *0.9 *0.9 *1.3 *–Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *2.3 *– *4.1 *5.2 *1.4 *5.5 *6.6 *3.4Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 *1.2 *– *2.9 *0.3 *9.5 *0.3 *0.4 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . *– *– *– *3.4 *1.3 *8.8 *3.7 *5.5 *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.6 *12.3 *– *14.3 *19.9 *– 18.4 27.4 *–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.4 *7.0 *– *4.1 *5.7 *– *1.2 *0.8 *2.0Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . *11.2 *13.1 *4.7 *17.7 *12.8 *30.4 11.7 10.1 *14.8Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *1.2 *1.3 *0.8 *1.3 *1.7 *0.4Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.1 *– *18.2 *1.5 *2.1 *– *0.1 *0.2 *–

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15.2 *10.2 *32.8 *16.4 *13.0 *25.3 13.4 *9.1 22.2


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Table 40. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, bygeographic region, place of residence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1


All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.3 308.2 320.3 317.0 318.7 376.9 283.6 325.3

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 *15.1 31.5 *16.1 22.6 19.4 24.6 24.3

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.2 *– *– *7.7 *3.0 *0.5 *4.5 *0.9Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.3 *2.1 *8.7 *0.2 5.8 *9.0 *3.8 *3.3Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.7 *5.3 15.3 *4.7 8.2 *5.2 10.0 *11.8Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.2 *7.8 *7.5 *3.5 5.7 *4.7 *6.3 *8.3

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.6 130.0 113.0 163.7 133.1 153.1 121.0 130.6

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6 18.6 14.7 32.5 24.0 36.6 16.5 *10.2Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . *12.2 *12.7 *11.1 *11.4 11.8 14.1 10.4 *11.6Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 80.7 73.4 107.7 81.8 91.3 76.1 88.8Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *14.8 *11.6 *6.7 *5.5 8.4 *8.3 8.5 *12.4Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.2 *2.2 *4.1 *6.3 *3.5 *1.8 *4.5 *5.7Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.5 *4.3 *3.0 *0.4 *3.5 *1.0 *5.0 *1.9

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.1 *12.9 25.1 *11.0 15.1 25.3 8.9 *18.5

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *4.0 *3.2 *2.1 *2.8 *2.9 *2.8 *3.7Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *0.2 *4.7 *4.9 *3.1 *3.8 *2.7 *2.2Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.4 *8.7 17.2 *4.0 9.1 18.6 *3.4 *12.5

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.9 94.7 83.8 80.7 87.1 106.9 75.2 91.5

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 30.1 30.9 18.8 24.8 25.0 24.8 40.7Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 37.4 24.9 31.1 32.6 40.6 27.8 27.0Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.6 *8.0 *6.5 *4.9 7.9 *11.0 *6.0 *5.1Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . *7.4 *3.6 *8.0 *6.0 6.9 *10.6 *4.6 *4.1Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9.9 15.8 13.4 20.1 14.9 19.7 12.0 *14.5

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 44.4 50.9 36.0 50.1 60.7 43.8 36.3

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.0 *– *0.1 *3.1 *1.4 *2.4 *0.9 *–Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *2.6 *0.7 *1.6 *1.8 *0.8 *2.4 *1.0Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *0.9 *2.5 *0.8 *– *1.3 *1.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.1 *2.3 *6.5 *5.0 5.2 *7.2 *3.9 *2.7Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *0.2 *0.3 *0.2 *0.9 *2.0 *0.3 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . *– *4.0 *5.2 *0.8 *1.7 *0.6 *2.4 *7.5Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 17.7 21.3 *10.1 19.8 24.6 16.8 *13.3Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *3.2 *0.3 *3.4 *2.2 *3.6 *1.4 *0.2Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . *19.7 *11.6 14.5 *8.6 14.6 16.6 13.4 *9.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *1.7 *1.0 *0.7 *1.3 *1.9 *0.9 *0.6Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 *1.1 *– *– *0.5 *1.1 *0.1 *0.9

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16.4 *11.1 16.1 *9.4 10.6 *11.5 10.1 24.0



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Table 41. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, by ageand type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]



18–44 years 45 years and over

Total18–24years

25–44years Total

45–64years

Number of work-loss days in thousands

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382,984 282,124 50,174 231,949 100,860 91,972

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,496 20,508 4,092 16,416 6,988 6,548

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,032 3,032 1,135 1,897 – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,296 4,921 906 4,015 1,375 1,375Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,710 6,616 1,078 5,538 4,094 3,882Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,458 5,939 973 4,966 1,519 1,291

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,644 117,422 20,316 97,106 41,222 37,017

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,324 18,528 3,414 15,114 6,796 6,244Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,095 10,250 1,776 8,474 3,845 3,565Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,632 74,000 12,297 61,703 25,631 22,579Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,052 7,706 1,274 6,432 3,347 3,347Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,707 3,937 683 3,254 769 560Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,834 3,000 872 2,128 834 723

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,890 12,689 3,749 8,940 6,201 5,440

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,628 2,996 610 2,386 632 324Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,511 2,531 261 2,270 980 980Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,752 7,163 2,879 4,283 4,589 4,137

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,335 78,147 16,287 61,859 27,188 25,257

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,672 23,324 5,240 18,084 10,348 10,348Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,643 31,460 6,651 24,809 6,183 5,870Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,758 6,501 1,203 5,298 2,256 1,503Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,541 5,007 148 4,859 2,534 1,670Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,721 11,855 3,045 8,810 5,866 5,866

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,594 45,623 4,456 41,167 10,971 9,887

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362 1,257 – 1,257 105 105Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926 1,448 212 1,236 478 417Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017 961 – 961 56 56Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,566 4,482 49 4,433 1,084 1,084Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 296 54 242 603 603Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,498 2,940 – 2,940 558 558Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 22,047 22,047 3,278 18,768 – -–Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,130 1,635 368 1,267 495 495Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,104 8,972 450 8,522 7,132 6,161Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,361 1,135 45 1,090 226 175Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 451 – 451 234 234

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,025 7,734 1,273 6,461 8,291 7,822

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set III of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 41.1million has a 10-percent RSE; of 10.4 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 4.7 million, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 42. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, by sex,age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over



Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,937 8,170 3,767 15,559 12,338 3,220

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006 1,006 – 2,026 2,026 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,801 2,052 749 3,495 2,869 626Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,202 2,743 2,459 5,508 3,873 1,635Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 2,368 560 4,530 3,571 959


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,170 7,864 2,307 15,154 10,665 4,489Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,963 3,127 836 10,132 7,123 3,009Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,744 34,574 13,170 51,888 39,427 12,461Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,389 2,855 1,534 6,663 4,850 1,813Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792 1,380 412 2,914 2,557 357Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,358 1,068 290 2,476 1,932 544


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453 1,339 114 2,175 1,657 518Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,562 697 865 1,949 1,834 115Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,178 4,385 2,793 4,574 2,777 1,796

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,057 51,724 16,332 37,278 26,422 10,856

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,226 17,384 5,843 10,445 5,940 4,505Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,725 19,918 2,807 14,918 11,542 3,376Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,483 5,031 1,452 2,275 1,470 805Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,508 2,873 1,634 3,033 2,133 900Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,114 6,518 4,597 6,607 5,337 1,270


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257 1,257 – 105 – 105Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 344 216 1,366 1,104 262Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 661 56 299 299 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,349 1,454 894 3,217 3,028 189Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 296 603Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,498 2,940 558Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,047 22,047 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 979 71 1,080 656 424Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,103 6,161 943 9,001 2,811 6,189Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 276 47 1,039 860 179Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 344 234 106 106 –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,638 1,107 3,531 11,387 6,628 4,759


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Table 43. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, by race,age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over

Number of work-loss days in thousands1


Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,621 18,405 6,216 2,829 2,057 772

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,032 3,032 – – – –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,588 3,532 1,056 1,662 1,343 319Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,146 6,233 3,913 564 383 181Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,855 5,608 1,247 603 331 272


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,997 13,581 4,416 4,363 4,105 258Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,538 9,432 3,106 1,511 818 692Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,890 64,853 21,037 9,707 5,678 4,029Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,453 7,362 3,091 373 117 256Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,479 3,710 769 227 227 –Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,442 2,609 834 392 392 –


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,024 2,601 423 296 296 –Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,368 1,387 980 1,091 1,091 –Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,620 4,151 3,469 4,132 3,012 1,120

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,537 65,378 23,159 12,731 8,755 3,976

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,672 21,018 8,653 3,070 1,375 1,695Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,040 26,182 5,858 3,747 3,421 325Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,043 5,854 2,189 715 647 68Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,540 3,175 2,365 1,743 1,627 116Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,242 9,148 4,094 3,457 1,685 1,772


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362 1,257 105 – – –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,645 1,167 478 281 281 –Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 758 56 203 203 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,306 3,428 878 309 104 205Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 144 603 98 98 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,498 2,940 558 – – –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 19,401 19,401 – 1,192 1,192 –Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,632 1,482 150 172 101 71Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,023 7,314 5,709 1,426 682 744Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 679 198 281 253 28Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 398 234 – – –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,679 5,116 7,563 2,576 1,848 728

1Totals for white and black do not sum to total work-loss days because other races are not included.


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Table 44. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, byfamily income, age, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$24,999 $25,000 or more


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over


18–44years

45 yearsand over

Number of work-loss days in thousands1

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,117 23,189 2,928 86,399 65,473 20,926 209,849 151,884 57,965

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . 434 200 234 6,049 5,031 1,018 17,584 12,800 4,784

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . – – – 367 367 – 2,495 2,495 –Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – 1,438 1,371 67 3,525 2,364 1,161Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 – 234 1,796 845 951 7,460 4,819 2,641Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 200 – 2,447 2,447 – 4,104 3,122 982

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,637 7,715 1,922 33,359 27,473 5,886 94,810 68,411 26,399

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,511 2,075 436 4,741 4,496 245 12,616 9,318 3,298Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . 314 314 – 2,024 1,694 330 9,143 6,017 3,126Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,532 5,046 1,486 22,121 17,475 4,646 60,127 43,873 16,254Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 103 – 2,533 2,325 208 7,786 4,693 3,092Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – 1,372 1,168 204 2,207 2,048 159Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 177 – 568 315 253 2,931 2,462 470

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,611 2,611 – 2,765 2,001 764 9,619 5,411 4,208

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 229 – 1,012 1,012 – 1,997 1,473 524Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . 1,108 1,108 – 455 303 152 1,836 1,008 828Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 1,274 – 1,297 685 612 5,787 2,930 2,856

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,446 10,389 57 28,639 20,382 8,257 44,435 32,727 11,708

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 894 – 7,245 5,825 1,420 14,104 9,559 4,545Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,206 6,149 57 12,217 10,079 2,138 16,926 13,329 3,597Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . 756 756 – 2,612 1,383 1,229 3,147 2,119 1,027Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . 1,097 1,097 – 1,872 891 980 3,820 2,510 1,310Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,494 1,494 – 4,693 2,204 2,489 6,438 5,210 1,229

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . 2,109 1,815 294 11,867 8,468 3,399 33,488 28,043 5,446

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – -– 582 477 105Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – 660 542 118 1,155 845 311Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 203 – 56 – 56 661 661 –Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 104 – 937 846 91 4,077 3,247 830Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 54 – 657 54 603 188 188 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . – – – 777 219 558 2,721 2,721 –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 553 – 3,247 3,247 – 13,547 13,547 –

Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 314 – 924 924 – 891 396 495Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . 648 588 60 4,003 2,081 1,921 8,604 4,994 3,610Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . – – – 262 209 52 954 860 95Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 – 234 344 344 – 106 106 –

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 459 421 3,720 2,118 1,602 9,912 4,493 5,419

1Totals for income categories do not sum to total work-loss days because persons with unknown family income are not included.


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Table 45. Number of work-loss days associated with acute conditions for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, bygeographic region, place of residence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1




Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983 – – 2,049 2,816 169 2,647 216Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,153 630 3,467 46 5,478 3,205 2,273 819Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 1,582 6,061 1,267 7,790 1,861 5,929 2,920Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213 2,339 2,967 938 5,398 1,677 3,722 2,059


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,253 5,590 5,817 8,664 22,800 13,054 9,746 2,524Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 2,848 3,834 4,382 3,031 11,210 5,024 6,186 2,885Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,505 24,286 29,098 28,743 77,621 32,550 45,071 22,010Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,453 3,477 2,653 1,469 7,980 2,970 5,010 3,072Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749 651 1,636 1,670 3,304 644 2,660 1,403Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273 1,279 1,185 96 3,356 366 2,990 478


Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 1,202 1,286 572 2,698 1,038 1,660 929Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 48 1,852 1,316 2,962 1,359 1,604 548Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,268 2,621 6,805 1,058 8,647 6,618 2,029 3,105

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,087 28,507 33,195 21,545 82,659 38,112 44,547 22,676



Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 – 47 838 1,362 838 524 –Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 782 294 420 1,681 272 1,408 245Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – 351 665 758 – 758 259Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 694 2,581 1,330 4,909 2,574 2,334 657Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 54 100 50 899 705 194 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . – 1,201 2,078 219 1,647 219 1,428 1,851Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,584 5,311 8,455 2,698 18,757 8,777 9,979 3,290Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 954 128 899 2,077 1,276 801 53Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,583 3,499 5,730 2,292 13,828 5,913 7,916 2,276Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 514 402 200 1,220 675 545 141Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 341 – – 451 397 54 234




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Table 46. Number of school-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 youths 5–17 years of age per year, by sex, race, familyincome, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


All ages5–17years

Sex Race Family income

Male Female White BlackLess than$10,000

$10,000–$19,999

$20,000–$34,999

$35,000or more

Number of school-loss days per 100 youths per year

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4 378.5 447.8 418.5 400.7 532.3 479.4 463.0 360.9

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 93.5 90.9 86.8 109.6 *79.4 121.6 117.2 78.4

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 25.4 26.0 16.4 63.0 *31.7 *57.3 *35.7 *10.3Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 *11.4 *13.6 13.0 *10.7 *15.2 *21.2 *6.3 *10.9Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 21.0 *16.9 20.7 *4.8 *2.2 *27.6 *19.2 *19.0Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.8 34.4 36.7 *31.0 *30.2 *15.5 55.9 38.1

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.6 216.4 239.2 249.4 136.8 288.3 224.3 236.4 221.1

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 52.2 46.4 49.4 *49.0 *69.2 *50.1 *40.4 47.1Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 31.0 24.8 32.1 *13.4 *23.4 *18.1 *35.6 29.3Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 114.1 154.5 150.8 *56.4 193.5 137.4 134.0 127.3Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.5 *9.7 *5.2 *9.4 *– *– *8.9 *9.4 *8.2Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.3 *6.3 *6.3 *4.3 *18.0 *– *4.6 *15.7 *5.8Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.6 *3.2 *2.1 *3.3 *– *2.2 *5.2 *1.3 *3.4

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 *6.7 *13.8 *10.4 *11.7 *13.2 *7.5 *15.1 *11.0

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *1.6 *1.0 *1.1 *2.7 *1.9 *3.1 *0.6 *1.4Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.5 *4.3 *10.8 *7.9 *6.7 *10.1 *4.5 *13.3 *7.1Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.4 *0.8 *2.0 *1.3 *2.3 *1.2 *– *1.2 *2.5

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 25.7 22.9 22.9 *35.9 *43.7 *32.3 *37.9 *15.8

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.6 *12.1 *2.8 *8.1 *7.2 *– *4.0 *20.4 *5.3Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.2 *1.8 *6.7 *4.4 *1.8 *7.5 *8.1 *2.0 *4.3Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.4 *1.8 *3.0 *2.0 *5.4 *7.8 *6.1 *– *1.7Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.7 *1.9 *9.6 *6.4 *3.7 *– *10.7 *14.9 *1.9Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.5 *8.0 *0.8 *2.1 *17.8 *28.4 *3.4 *0.7 *2.6

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 23.3 66.5 35.6 96.5 *79.9 82.9 *44.3 *22.3

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *0.5 *0.7 *0.4 *1.9 *3.0 *– *– *0.7Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 *10.0 *13.0 13.0 *7.2 *23.4 *14.5 *12.6 *6.1Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.5 *0.2 *4.9 *2.8 *1.9 *2.0 *8.2 *2.3 *0.5Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *0.7 *1.3 *1.2 *– *– *3.9 *0.5 *0.7Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 . . . *1.5 *0.7 *1.0 *1.0 *3.5 *0.5 *–Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– . . . *– *– *– *– *– *– *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 13.6 . . . 27.9 *4.0 66.0 *31.9 *37.0 *10.1 *2.7Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *0.7 *1.5 *0.4 *4.9 *6.5 *1.6 *1.1 *–Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.1 *1.5 *4.7 *3.5 *2.1 *1.3 *4.6 *1.0 *4.2Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.7 *3.1 *4.4 *4.0 *2.4 *3.7 *5.1 *4.6 *2.8Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.5 *6.6 *6.5 *5.7 *9.2 *7.1 *4.4 *11.6 *4.5

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 *12.9 *14.5 13.4 *10.1 *27.9 *10.6 *12.1 *12.4

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for columns 1–5 can be computed by using parameter set III of table II, the frequencies of table 48, and the formulapresented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 6–9 can be computed by using parameter sets III and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 48 and 78, and the formulapresented in rule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 47. Number of school-loss days associated with acute conditions per 100 youths 5–17 years of age, by geographic region, place ofresidence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1

Number of school-loss days per 100 youths per year



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *27.9 *22.7 *24.6 *28.7 27.5 32.8 24.1 *19.4Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19.4 *1.7 *23.6 *2.1 *10.3 *6.1 *13.1 *20.0Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *27.3 *12.4 *23.9 *12.1 18.7 *14.1 21.7 *20.0Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *24.9 46.4 32.1 *35.7 38.4 *31.0 43.1 *23.6


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 52.3 34.2 51.8 53.0 53.1 53.0 *36.6Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . *29.3 *31.0 *20.6 *34.4 28.5 *16.2 36.4 *26.1Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 144.2 104.4 196.5 127.7 110.7 138.6 155.3Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 *10.1 *9.3 *7.6 *8.2 *10.9 *6.4 *5.1Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.7 *2.6 *13.5 *0.9 *7.4 *9.4 *6.1 *2.6Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *8.6 *0.6 *0.9 *3.4 *2.6 *3.9 *–

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12.7 *11.2 *9.3 *8.4 *8.5 *7.5 *9.1 *16.1

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 *1.4 *2.4 *0.4 *0.7 *0.7 *0.7 *3.5Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.9 *9.4 *4.4 *7.1 *6.3 *4.2 *7.7 *11.6Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 *0.4 *2.5 *0.8 *1.5 *2.6 *0.8 *1.1

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *14.0 *30.0 *25.8 *24.4 27.7 45.7 *16.0 *12.6

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.3 *7.2 *10.4 *5.6 *9.1 *16.4 *4.4 *2.0Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 *0.4 *3.7 *11.1 *4.3 *6.7 *2.7 *3.8Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.5 *2.5 *3.9 *– *1.5 *2.3 *1.1 *5.5Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.2 *10.7 *2.1 *6.8 *7.0 *11.1 *4.4 *0.8Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *9.2 *5.8 *0.9 *5.7 *9.2 *3.4 *0.4

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 55.7 40.8 *27.1 42.4 49.6 37.8 51.2

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *0.4 *0.9 *– *0.6 *0.8 *0.4 *0.7Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.8 *14.4 *10.7 *10.1 *9.2 *7.4 *10.3 *19.4Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.1 *1.9 *4.7 *0.4 *1.5 *1.9 *1.2 *6.0Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 *1.4 *0.3 *0.8 *0.7 *0.6 *0.7 *2.0Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *– *1.9 *0.4 *0.8 *1.4 *0.4 *0.4Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *– *– *– *– *– *– *– *–Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *29.5 *19.8 *9.7 *– 13.4 *27.4 *4.4 *14.4Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 *– *2.3 *0.9 *1.4 *2.5 *0.7 *–Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.5 *1.4 *1.5 *7.0 *4.0 *1.1 *5.8 *–Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.7 *3.9 *3.7 *2.9 *3.9 *3.3 *4.4 *3.1

Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.1 *12.6 *5.3 *4.6 *7.0 *3.1 *9.4 *5.1

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *17.0 *16.1 *9.2 *15.0 14.1 *14.8 *13.7 *12.1



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Table 48. Number of school-loss days associated with acute conditions for youths 5–17 years of age, by sex, race, family income, andtype of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


All ages15–17years

Sex Race Family income

Male Female White BlackLess than$10,000

$10,000–$19,999

$20,000–$34,999

$35,000or more

Number of school-loss days in thousands

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,055 92,114 103,941 158,367 30,121 24,546 33,910 45,800 69,679

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,862 22,764 21,098 32,855 8,236 3,659 8,603 11,592 15,130

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,210 6,170 6,040 6,222 4,739 1,460 4,056 3,529 1,997Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,935 2,781 3,154 4,904 806 702 1,499 625 2,106Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,023 5,111 3,912 7,829 363 103 1,955 1,904 3,670Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,694 8,702 7,992 13,901 2,328 1,393 1,094 5,534 7,358

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,191 52,664 55,527 94,367 10,288 13,294 15,868 23,384 42,684

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,470 12,691 10,779 18,695 3,685 3,191 3,544 3,995 9,102Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,292 7,540 5,752 12,152 1,005 1,078 1,280 3,523 5,649Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,615 27,767 35,848 57,062 4,242 8,922 9,721 13,258 24,581Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,571 2,362 1,209 3,571 – – 631 932 1,580Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,992 1,535 1,456 1,636 1,356 – 324 1,553 1,115Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251 769 483 1,251 – 103 368 124 657

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,843 1,636 3,207 3,917 882 607 533 1,493 2,118

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 393 239 430 203 88 216 62 266Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,551 1,046 2,506 3,001 506 465 317 1,312 1,366Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 198 462 486 173 54 – 119 486

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,559 6,246 5,313 8,669 2,698 2,015 2,288 3,753 3,050

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,597 2,946 651 3,053 544 – 283 2,014 1,025Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980 429 1,551 1,651 137 346 571 194 834Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147 450 697 743 403 358 435 – 334Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,691 472 2,219 2,414 277 – 757 1,470 358Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,144 1,948 195 807 1,336 1,310 242 74 498

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,096 5,671 15,425 13,484 7,257 3,686 5,866 4,379 4,309

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 125 159 144 140 140 – – 144Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,453 2,443 3,010 4,914 539 1,077 1,027 1,251 1,180Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 49 1,143 1,049 143 90 579 227 93Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 160 305 465 – – 279 52 135Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 . . . 345 270 75 48 251 46 –Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – . . . – – – – – – –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancy and puerperium . . . . 6,481 . . . 6,481 1,522 4,959 1,469 2,620 996 525Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 163 356 153 366 302 111 106 –Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471 369 1,102 1,310 160 61 324 97 813Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781 759 1,022 1,518 181 171 361 457 543

Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105 1,604 1,502 2,138 694 328 314 1,148 875

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,504 3,133 3,371 5,075 760 1,285 752 1,199 2,389

1Includes other races and unknown family income.


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Table 49. Number of school-loss days associated with acute conditions for youths 5–17 years of age, by geographic region, place ofresidence, and type of condition: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1

Number of school-loss days in thousands



Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,476 2,651 3,945 3,137 10,165 4,746 5,418 2,045Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727 193 3,790 225 3,821 878 2,943 2,115Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,424 1,450 3,825 1,323 6,914 2,039 4,875 2,109Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,217 5,416 5,153 3,908 14,200 4,494 9,706 2,493


Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,215 6,110 5,476 5,668 19,611 7,695 11,916 3,858Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 2,601 3,626 3,302 3,763 10,537 2,349 8,188 2,755Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,541 16,839 16,734 21,502 47,231 16,035 31,196 16,384Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,182 1,491 837 3,029 1,580 1,449 542Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 302 2,170 99 2,722 1,356 1,366 270Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,001 103 96 1,251 383 869 –

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127 1,307 1,490 918 3,138 1,083 2,055 1,704

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 163 382 46 264 103 161 368Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 1,093 711 780 2,327 604 1,723 1,225Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 51 397 92 548 377 170 111

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241 3,499 4,144 2,675 10,231 6,623 3,607 1,328

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 838 1,668 617 3,381 2,383 998 216Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 49 586 1,213 1,577 968 609 403Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 295 629 – 568 328 241 578Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 1,245 332 746 2,603 1,608 995 88Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 1,073 929 99 2,100 1,336 764 43


Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 45 140 – 213 114 99 71Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 1,684 1,709 1,103 3,402 1,079 2,323 2,051Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 218 747 43 554 281 273 638Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 160 52 88 254 88 165 212Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – 300 45 301 207 94 44Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – –Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,620 2,308 1,553 – 4,961 3,965 996 1,519Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 – 366 99 519 366 153 –Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 160 237 761 1,471 160 1,311 –Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 455 588 322 1,451 472 979 330

Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 1,474 854 499 2,573 453 2,120 533




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Table 50. Number of acute conditions per 100 persons per quarter and number of acute conditions, by quarter and type of condition:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Quarter

Jan.–March April–June July–Sept. Oct.–Dec. Jan.–March April–June July–Sept. Oct.–Dec.

Number per 100 persons per quarter Number in thousands

All acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 37.2 35.0 56.1 157,375 94,436 89,069 143,300

Infective and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 4.8 4.4 5.3 17,112 12,291 11,246 13,604

Common childhood diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.5 0.4 *0.2 2,089 1,293 1,083 560Intestinal virus, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 3,606 2,700 2,508 2,574Viral infections, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 1.1 1.7 2.1 5,520 2,866 4,396 5,319Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.1 1.3 2.0 5,897 5,431 3,259 5,151

Respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 14.9 13.6 33.7 93,139 37,725 34,532 86,154

Common cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 3.7 3.8 9.4 25,046 9,343 9,742 24,094Other acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . 3.9 1.8 2.3 3.3 9,792 4,629 5,866 8,350Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 7.5 5.7 18.4 52,142 18,979 14,552 46,960Acute bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.6 3,322 2,578 2,148 3,966Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 1,372 1,137 1,198 1,282Other respiratory conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 1,465 1,059 1,026 1,502

Digestive system conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.3 3,256 4,877 4,747 3,206

Dental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 0.4 0.4 *0.2 637 1,056 943 617Indigestion, nausea, and vomiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 1,614 2,146 2,078 1,472Other digestive conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 1,004 1,674 1,725 1,117

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 7.0 6.0 5.6 14,943 17,706 15,159 14,313

Fractures and dislocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 2,490 1,535 2,068 1,794Sprains and strains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 3,256 3,686 3,584 3,681Open wounds and lacerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.7 1.3 0.9 2,585 4,309 3,432 2,217Contusions and superficial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.6 0.9 1.2 2,701 4,012 2,389 2,991Other current injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 3,911 4,164 3,686 3,630

Selected other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 6.6 6.7 7.3 22,296 16,810 17,076 18,631

Eye conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.4 *0.2 *0.2 850 1,046 591 602Acute ear infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 2.1 2.2 3.1 8,968 5,394 5,495 7,989Other ear conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.4 *0.3 0.3 913 1,067 638 823Acute urinary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 1,968 1,609 1,843 2,092Disorders of menstruation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.1 *0.0 *0.0 *0.1 372 91 117 217Other disorders of female genital tract . . . . . . . . . *0.3 *0.2 *0.2 *0.1 668 384 510 214Delivery and other conditions of pregnancyand puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 852 1,049 1,093 891Skin conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 1,816 1,216 2,171 1,319Acute musculoskeletal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 3,138 2,433 2,004 2,069Headache, excluding migraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 927 1,309 1,049 939

Fever, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 1,825 1,213 1,565 1,477

All other acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 2.0 2.5 2.9 6,629 5,028 6,309 7,391

NOTES: Excluded from these estimates are conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity restriction.

The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for columns 1–4 can be computed by using parameter set I of table II, the frequencies of table 50, and the formula presented inrule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 5–8 can be computed by using parameter set I of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 7.1 million has a10-percent RSE; of 1.8 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 774,000, a 30-percent RSE. Rates for which the numerator has an RSE of 30 percent or more are indicated by an asterisk.

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Table 51. Number of episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, placeof accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1

Moving motor vehicle? 1 Place of accident

Yes

No

At work? 2

Total Traffic Yes NoAt

homeStreet orhighway

Industrialplace Other

Number of episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year

All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 2.2 2.0 21.0 4.7 13.3 7.4 3.3 2.7 5.6

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 *– *– 24.9 . . . . . . 14.1 *0.2 *– *3.05–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 2.2 2.0 23.4 . . . . . . 7.8 4.8 *– 10.918–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 6.4 6.0 20.8 4.7 21.5 6.6 6.9 3.5 9.225–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 2.4 2.1 22.3 6.7 12.8 6.1 3.5 5.4 5.045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 1.5 1.4 16.8 4.1 9.7 5.3 2.4 2.9 3.365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 *1.0 *1.0 17.8 *0.4 13.8 10.2 *1.6 *0.7 *1.8

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 2.3 2.1 23.2 7.8 13.1 7.2 3.9 4.4 6.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 *1.8 *1.6 27.3 . . . . . . 11.0 5.0 *– 8.418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 3.6 3.3 25.7 9.9 16.4 6.2 4.5 8.3 7.645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 *0.9 *0.7 16.0 4.8 8.5 5.2 2.0 3.0 3.0

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 2.1 2.0 18.8 1.9 13.4 7.6 2.8 1.1 4.8Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6 *1.2 *1.2 20.3 . . . . . . 8.3 *1.7 *– 8.718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 3.0 2.8 18.3 2.7 13.3 6.1 4.0 1.8 4.345 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 1.6 1.6 18.2 *0.9 13.6 8.8 2.1 *1.1 2.5

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 2.2 2.0 21.6 4.9 13.2 7.8 3.3 2.9 5.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 1.4 *1.2 25.8 . . . . . . 10.4 3.4 *– 9.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 3.3 3.0 22.3 6.6 14.4 6.3 4.2 5.4 5.445 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1 1.3 1.2 17.8 2.7 11.6 7.6 2.0 2.0 2.7

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 2.6 2.6 18.7 4.3 15.1 5.3 4.6 *1.9 7.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 *2.0 *2.0 17.2 . . . . . . *6.2 *3.8 *– 8.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 *4.1 *4.1 21.8 5.4 17.9 5.2 6.3 *3.2 8.745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 *0.9 *0.9 15.4 *2.4 10.4 *4.5 *2.7 *2.4 *3.2

See footnotes and notes at end of table.

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Table 51. Number of episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, placeof accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and age Number of episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per yearUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 *1.6 *1.2 26.6 *3.4 21.3 12.5 *2.7 *2.3 7.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 *– *– 28.1 . . . . . . 15.1 *0.6 *– 11.218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 *3.2 *2.2 31.1 *5.4 24.7 11.7 *4.9 *3.7 9.845 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.5 *1.3 *1.3 19.2 *0.8 16.8 10.9 *1.9 *2.7 *2.1

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 2.5 2.4 22.3 6.1 14.6 7.5 3.7 4.0 4.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 *0.6 *0.6 19.7 . . . . . . 8.5 *2.6 *– *3.818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.6 5.7 5.4 28.9 8.9 17.8 6.3 6.1 8.5 7.345 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 *0.4 *0.4 17.1 *3.0 11.1 8.1 *1.9 *2.3 *1.7

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 2.3 2.3 21.7 6.0 12.7 7.5 3.4 3.4 4.8Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 *1.7 *1.7 22.4 . . . . . . 11.3 *2.7 *– 6.918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 3.0 3.0 21.6 8.1 13.5 4.6 4.6 6.5 5.645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 *1.7 *1.7 21.3 *2.9 11.7 8.4 *2.2 *2.0 *1.9

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6 2.3 2.0 20.3 4.2 11.9 6.9 3.4 2.1 6.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 *2.4 *2.1 27.8 . . . . . . 9.2 4.9 *– 11.518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.7 2.9 2.6 18.6 4.6 13.2 6.5 3.8 3.3 4.645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 *1.1 *0.9 15.7 3.6 10.0 5.2 *1.6 2.4 4.4

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 1.9 1.9 19.4 5.5 13.3 6.3 3.8 3.2 5.2Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 2.5 2.3 25.3 7.0 11.7 6.4 4.3 3.7 6.7South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 2.3 2.1 20.1 3.4 14.2 9.4 3.0 2.1 4.8West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 2.1 1.7 18.9 3.4 13.6 6.5 2.3 2.1 5.8

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 2.2 2.0 20.7 4.9 13.0 7.1 3.1 2.8 5.8Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.7 2.2 1.9 19.5 3.7 14.8 7.9 3.2 2.1 5.6Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 2.2 2.0 21.4 5.7 11.8 6.6 3.0 3.3 5.9

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 2.3 2.2 22.0 3.9 14.2 8.5 4.2 2.2 4.9

1Includes unknowns for each characteristic.2For currently employed persons 18 years of age and over only.3Includes other races and unknown family income.4MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Injuries coded 800–999 in the 9th revision, International Classification of Diseases, and impairments resulting from an accident are included. Injuries involving neither medical attention noractivity restriction are excluded.

The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age can be computed by using parameter set IV of table II, the frequencies of table 52, and theformula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence can be computed by using parameter sets IV and X of table II,the frequencies of tables 52 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 52. Number of episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident, andsociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Number of episodes of persons injured in thousands

All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,969 5,594 5,129 53,277 8,752 24,784 18,869 8,450 6,893 14,224

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,955 – – 4,955 . . . . . . 2,811 33 – 5925–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,212 1,026 935 11,140 . . . . . . 3,720 2,260 – 5,16518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,561 1,551 1,455 5,009 1,144 5,184 1,605 1,657 844 2,22225–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,265 1,974 1,749 18,239 5,471 10,454 4,939 2,837 4,424 4,04545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,110 731 678 8,379 2,024 4,819 2,620 1,175 1,420 1,62665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,867 312 312 5,555 113 4,328 3,175 488 204 574

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,671 2,859 2,542 28,760 6,921 11,680 8,957 4,831 5,446 7,963Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,048 638 547 9,410 . . . . . . 3,797 1,718 – 2,90718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,348 1,891 1,717 13,406 5,159 8,526 3,243 2,355 4,325 3,93745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,274 330 277 5,944 1,762 3,154 1,917 758 1,121 1,119

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,298 2,735 2,587 24,516 1,831 13,104 9,911 3,619 1,447 6,261Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,118 388 388 6,684 . . . . . . 2,734 575 – 2,85018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,478 1,635 1,487 9,843 1,456 7,112 3,300 2,139 944 2,33045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,702 712 712 7,989 375 5,992 3,877 905 504 1,081

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,417 4,568 4,168 45,751 7,685 20,771 16,477 6,874 6,163 11,495Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,594 742 651 13,806 . . . . . . 5,578 1,822 – 4,83318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,334 2,908 2,651 19,375 5,740 12,535 5,504 3,652 4,724 4,71545 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,489 919 867 12,570 1,945 8,236 5,396 1,401 1,439 1,946

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,839 842 842 5,997 911 3,215 1,711 1,459 612 2,295Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,073 220 220 1,854 . . . . . . 666 406 – 87818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,490 553 553 2,937 720 2,407 695 843 426 1,16345 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276 70 70 1,205 191 809 351 210 186 253


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Table 52. Number of episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident, andsociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and age Number of episodes of persons injured in thousandsUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,938 404 307 6,534 583 3,673 3,067 668 562 1,935Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,058 – – 2,058 . . . . . . 1,109 43 – 82418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,350 309 212 3,041 526 2,417 1,146 482 361 95445 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,530 95 95 1,435 57 1,255 812 143 201 157

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,555 954 903 8,555 1,696 4,090 2,879 1,420 1,551 1,682Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,154 62 62 2,047 . . . . . . 878 266 – 39018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,056 839 788 4,217 1,300 2,602 918 896 1,239 1,06245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,345 54 54 2,292 396 1,488 1,083 258 312 231

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,938 1,223 1,223 11,715 2,360 5,051 4,065 1,828 1,844 2,600Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,440 247 247 3,193 . . . . . . 1,603 390 – 98418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,731 704 704 5,026 1,889 3,131 1,077 1,076 1,519 1,29745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,768 272 272 3,496 471 1,920 1,385 362 325 319

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,845 2,181 1,920 19,612 2,951 8,417 6,647 3,329 2,072 6,202Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,922 638 547 7,284 . . . . . . 2,423 1,279 – 3,02118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,219 1,242 1,124 7,926 1,940 5,623 2,778 1,612 1,393 1,93745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,703 301 248 4,403 1,011 2,794 1,445 438 679 1,244

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,736 939 939 9,699 2,047 4,988 3,151 1,892 1,619 2,619Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,206 1,536 1,418 15,670 3,177 5,338 3,974 2,691 2,308 4,151South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,112 1,926 1,817 17,186 2,149 8,881 8,027 2,575 1,779 4,129West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,915 1,193 954 10,722 1,379 5,577 3,717 1,293 1,187 3,324

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,622 4,326 3,916 41,198 7,184 19,054 14,199 6,154 5,660 11,549Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,304 1,722 1,508 15,536 2,162 8,636 6,314 2,575 1,662 4,494Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,317 2,603 2,408 25,663 5,022 10,419 7,884 3,578 3,998 7,055

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,347 1,269 1,212 12,078 1,568 5,730 4,670 2,297 1,233 2,675


NOTES: Injuries coded 800–999 in the 9th revision, International Classification of Diseases, and impairments resulting from an accident are included. Injuries involving neither medical attention noractivity restriction are excluded.

The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set IV of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 6.3 million has a10-percent RSE; of 1.6 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 674,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 53. Number of restricted-activity days associated with episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in movingmotor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2





All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.1 62.5 55.2 250.5 120.6 220.0 79.4 72.2 67.0 71.3

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *21.3 *– *– *21.3 . . . . . . *12.9 *– *– *1.95–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 20.7 16.7 99.5 . . . . . . 47.2 24.0 *1.7 36.618–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.6 54.3 47.5 179.8 89.2 115.1 38.1 52.8 65.7 72.325–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.0 94.4 83.3 269.1 142.2 188.7 56.2 103.8 112.5 72.145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.5 91.9 82.4 362.6 157.3 227.8 94.7 104.0 108.3 108.965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.3 41.9 37.9 453.4 30.3 370.1 238.7 72.9 25.4 105.8

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.7 66.4 55.5 257.2 159.6 191.3 56.4 73.1 90.7 80.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.1 *16.7 *12.8 91.9 . . . . . . 35.4 21.7 *2.4 33.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.2 87.3 73.6 280.7 163.2 175.3 41.0 89.9 131.3 93.345 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.4 83.4 69.9 378.2 154.7 213.8 97.7 97.3 116.0 108.1

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1 58.7 54.9 244.1 85.0 246.2 101.2 71.3 44.5 62.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 *12.5 *10.7 60.1 . . . . . . 38.9 *12.0 *– 19.318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1 83.3 76.7 217.7 98.0 168.6 62.8 94.4 73.1 51.645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 63.5 61.3 414.0 69.2 340.9 194.6 87.4 42.9 107.3

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.7 57.3 51.5 248.0 108.5 218.8 81.8 67.4 60.5 73.3Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 11.4 *7.8 84.7 . . . . . . 41.1 12.8 *1.5 30.918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.6 77.8 71.3 239.7 120.1 167.2 51.2 85.0 94.3 69.845 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.2 66.8 60.2 381.9 94.3 282.1 150.3 87.1 63.6 109.6

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.9 87.5 68.3 298.8 233.6 228.3 72.5 93.8 116.9 70.3Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 *20.9 *20.9 54.7 . . . . . . *25.2 *28.5 *– *11.518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.1 128.1 91.8 309.0 220.0 176.9 49.3 129.2 159.7 86.545 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.0 109.6 93.2 618.4 257.0 316.7 177.8 123.1 204.4 123.4


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Table 53. Number of restricted-activity days associated with episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in movingmotor vehicle, whether at work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and age Number of restricted-activity days per 100 persons per yearUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.8 105.4 104.9 451.6 184.1 426.9 146.2 147.7 86.7 131.0Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.4 *2.7 *2.7 139.6 . . . . . . 102.1 *3.3 *– *18.918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.8 119.6 118.6 406.1 217.5 265.3 75.1 168.4 163.8 114.945 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.2 187.6 187.4 817.6 140.3 638.5 282.6 262.3 *70.9 262.1

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.5 95.5 90.9 336.0 212.0 300.8 100.9 117.9 114.7 68.1Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 *9.7 *9.7 68.4 . . . . . . *21.2 *12.1 *– *17.918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.9 170.1 160.0 349.9 218.9 268.6 54.0 191.0 178.1 82.545 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.8 80.6 78.5 528.1 204.4 336.0 213.7 120.1 134.4 91.3

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.9 53.1 48.9 220.8 81.5 207.7 80.6 63.3 50.0 58.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.2 *38.9 *29.4 57.3 . . . . . . *26.7 *38.8 *5.7 *19.218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2 66.6 66.6 208.6 80.5 158.9 60.6 81.9 72.0 40.845 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.6 46.2 40.8 380.4 82.9 276.8 155.7 58.3 57.1 117.8

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.0 35.4 30.0 158.5 78.5 125.4 42.5 37.3 41.1 61.3Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 *11.9 *9.6 63.7 . . . . . . *20.1 *11.4 *– 40.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.5 45.0 37.8 178.4 89.0 114.2 41.2 45.0 62.0 66.245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.4 42.8 37.1 216.9 62.6 142.5 65.4 49.9 47.9 73.8

Geographic regionNortheast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.0 41.6 37.7 256.1 130.2 205.2 81.5 61.5 65.9 71.8Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 51.4 42.3 214.3 110.0 175.0 62.2 58.9 59.0 57.2South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.8 69.8 60.2 260.8 112.3 239.3 89.8 72.5 65.2 81.1West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.0 81.9 77.1 269.6 136.4 254.0 80.7 95.5 79.3 71.7

Place of residenceMSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.3 60.1 52.5 251.1 125.0 214.7 75.6 69.5 70.5 73.1Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.3 80.6 69.2 274.4 155.3 246.1 80.9 91.7 85.5 76.4Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.0 46.5 41.4 235.5 105.0 193.9 72.0 54.7 60.5 70.9

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.9 71.2 64.8 248.3 104.7 239.3 93.3 81.8 54.3 65.0


NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age can be computed by using parameter set II of table II, the frequencies of table 54,and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence can be computed by using parameter sets II and X oftable II, the frequencies of tables 54 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with anasterisk.

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Table 54. Number of restricted-activity days associated with episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whetherat work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2





All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798,781 158,898 140,263 636,894 225,381 410,957 201,903 183,472 170,365 181,416

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,244 – – 4,244 . . . . . . 2,568 – – 3805–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,335 9,864 7,923 47,286 . . . . . . 22,442 11,428 812 17,42218–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,118 13,115 11,463 43,400 21,524 27,773 9,201 12,735 15,865 17,46225–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,913 77,071 68,016 219,669 116,072 154,008 45,889 84,755 91,800 58,85345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,288 45,740 41,019 180,522 78,312 113,434 47,160 51,768 53,938 54,22165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,882 13,108 11,843 141,773 9,473 115,742 74,643 22,785 7,950 33,078

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,694 82,190 68,641 318,183 142,363 170,598 69,804 90,386 112,244 100,136Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,669 5,761 4,404 31,723 . . . . . . 12,213 7,480 812 11,43618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,808 45,489 38,327 146,208 85,001 91,318 21,360 46,809 68,409 48,59945 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,217 30,940 25,910 140,252 57,362 79,280 36,232 36,098 43,024 40,101

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397,087 76,708 71,623 318,711 83,018 240,360 132,099 93,085 58,121 81,280Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,910 4,103 3,519 19,807 . . . . . . 12,798 3,948 – 6,36618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,224 44,696 41,151 116,861 52,595 90,463 33,730 50,681 39,256 27,71645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,953 27,909 26,952 182,044 30,424 149,896 85,571 38,456 18,864 47,198

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648,132 121,146 108,800 524,182 171,257 345,177 172,970 142,508 127,864 154,891Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,463 6,125 4,184 45,339 . . . . . . 21,996 6,874 812 16,55918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278,025 67,713 62,012 208,535 104,516 145,485 44,572 73,976 82,002 60,76745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318,644 47,309 42,604 270,309 66,741 199,691 106,402 61,658 45,050 77,565

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,942 28,038 21,881 95,720 49,658 48,514 23,223 30,046 37,439 22,512Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,329 2,255 2,255 5,890 . . . . . . 2,713 3,070 – 1,24318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,765 17,222 12,347 41,543 29,585 23,786 6,629 17,365 21,478 11,63145 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,848 8,561 7,280 48,287 20,072 24,728 13,881 9,611 15,961 9,639


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Table 54. Number of restricted-activity days associated with episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whetherat work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and ageUnder $10,000: Number of restricted-activity days in thousands

All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,617 25,909 25,796 111,041 31,754 73,645 35,937 36,308 21,309 32,208Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,444 200 200 10,244 . . . . . . 7,487 243 – 1,38718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,083 11,696 11,600 39,719 21,274 25,950 7,340 16,472 16,016 11,24045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,089 14,012 13,996 61,077 10,480 47,696 21,111 19,592 5,293 19,581

$10,000–$19,999All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,618 36,651 34,905 128,967 59,362 84,251 38,734 45,237 44,033 26,148Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,101 1,005 1,005 7,096 . . . . . . 2,203 1,251 – 1,86218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,944 24,840 23,376 51,104 31,977 39,230 7,892 27,897 26,020 12,05145 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,574 10,806 10,524 70,767 27,386 45,021 28,639 16,090 18,013 12,235

$20,000–$34,999All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,591 28,600 26,352 118,991 32,305 82,315 43,414 34,122 26,922 31,543Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,701 5,545 4,188 8,156 . . . . . . 3,798 5,530 812 2,73918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,962 15,479 15,479 48,483 18,707 36,934 14,087 19,038 16,742 9,48645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,928 7,576 6,685 62,352 13,597 45,381 25,529 9,554 9,368 19,318

$35,000 or moreAll ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,650 34,233 29,021 153,340 55,404 88,480 41,131 36,094 39,803 59,313Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,826 3,113 2,530 16,713 . . . . . . 5,269 2,991 – 10,49418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,138 19,141 16,099 75,945 37,893 48,617 17,554 19,142 26,392 28,16545 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,686 11,978 10,391 60,682 17,510 39,862 18,308 13,960 13,410 20,653

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,105 20,822 18,873 128,169 48,768 76,858 40,801 30,754 32,996 35,943Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,679 31,909 26,220 132,941 50,227 79,883 38,605 36,540 36,596 35,517South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282,345 59,601 51,348 222,560 70,491 150,159 76,619 61,906 55,688 69,224West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,651 46,567 43,822 153,224 55,895 104,058 45,878 54,271 45,085 40,732

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622,861 119,871 104,764 500,790 183,251 314,635 150,744 138,625 140,600 145,768Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,065 64,229 55,138 218,773 90,623 143,620 64,502 73,147 68,183 60,881Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338,796 55,642 49,626 282,018 92,628 171,015 86,242 65,478 72,418 84,887

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,920 39,027 35,500 136,104 42,130 96,322 51,159 44,846 29,764 35,647



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Table 55. Number of bed days associated with episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in moving motorvehicle, whether at work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2





All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.9 20.2 17.7 65.4 29.3 65.8 20.3 21.8 16.8 19.1

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.2 *– *– *5.2 . . . . . . *0.5 *– *– *1.75–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 *5.8 *5.8 17.0 . . . . . . *6.7 *7.2 *– *6.518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 *15.5 *14.3 27.1 *8.8 *23.9 *6.7 *14.3 *10.7 *6.125–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 31.0 25.7 63.2 30.8 55.6 12.8 33.7 24.4 18.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.1 31.5 29.6 117.1 49.4 77.0 33.7 34.0 36.4 33.165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.3 *12.2 *10.1 130.1 *9.0 106.8 62.7 *13.0 *6.8 39.0

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 20.7 18.3 64.3 38.0 54.6 12.4 23.6 22.1 20.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 *5.5 *5.5 19.0 . . . . . . *7.7 *7.0 *– *6.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.7 25.3 21.2 63.3 28.6 52.4 *8.1 29.1 26.9 20.045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 28.5 26.0 107.8 51.3 57.7 22.9 31.2 35.8 36.0

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 19.6 17.2 66.4 21.3 76.0 27.9 20.1 11.8 17.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10.5 *2.6 *2.6 *7.8 . . . . . . *1.9 *3.0 *– *4.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 29.5 25.0 46.9 23.0 44.4 14.6 29.4 15.8 11.245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.6 20.4 18.8 134.2 19.1 114.4 63.4 21.4 15.8 34.9

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 18.0 16.5 61.7 23.4 64.6 20.9 19.3 13.2 19.0Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.6 *1.7 *1.7 13.9 . . . . . . *4.1 *2.8 *– *5.718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.4 24.6 22.1 44.8 19.1 44.4 11.2 25.2 15.2 13.045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 22.1 21.0 118.8 28.7 89.4 45.4 24.4 20.6 36.3

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.2 32.0 22.7 100.2 82.2 76.5 18.5 34.7 43.2 25.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30.6 *17.2 *17.2 *13.4 . . . . . . *7.5 *18.1 *– *3.218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.4 45.0 *28.5 125.4 77.0 77.4 *13.3 53.5 61.1 *35.845 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.4 *30.0 *20.3 176.5 91.2 75.0 *42.8 *25.2 *72.1 *38.6


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Table 55. Number of bed days associated with episodes of persons injured per 100 persons per year, by whether in moving motorvehicle, whether at work, place of accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and ageUnder $10,000: Number of bed days per 100 persons per year

All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 24.5 24.5 112.8 44.1 101.0 35.4 30.0 *14.8 39.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *24.3 *– *– *24.3 . . . . . . *20.6 *– *– *0.618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.9 *30.7 *30.7 94.2 *40.6 65.2 *26.1 *40.4 *23.6 *26.245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.6 *40.3 *40.3 224.2 *48.6 147.8 *62.2 *45.7 *17.7 94.3

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.6 34.8 32.5 106.8 56.1 110.4 35.1 37.9 35.8 23.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23.5 *5.5 *5.5 *18.0 . . . . . . *2.0 *6.4 *– *9.618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.9 67.2 61.2 114.7 56.2 114.0 *24.3 72.7 55.6 *25.145 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.1 *22.2 *22.1 166.9 56.1 106.6 72.6 *24.3 *41.8 *32.1

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 14.4 14.3 66.1 16.7 76.6 24.0 20.1 11.1 17.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *14.1 *2.7 *2.7 *11.5 . . . . . . *3.4 *4.1 *– *3.818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 *21.6 *21.6 49.4 *11.7 51.0 *13.0 31.6 *13.4 *8.045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.8 *14.3 *13.9 137.4 *23.7 113.0 57.5 *17.7 *17.4 44.1

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 14.8 13.6 32.1 16.2 36.4 9.2 15.3 7.6 12.3Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16.8 *6.9 *6.9 *9.9 . . . . . . *1.6 *7.9 *– *6.518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 *13.1 *12.1 27.0 14.2 24.4 *5.6 *13.4 *8.1 *11.645 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.3 24.9 22.1 60.6 *19.2 54.7 21.8 25.3 *13.9 *18.9

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 *10.3 *7.1 53.8 32.5 37.7 16.9 *9.6 20.0 12.8Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 13.2 11.7 46.4 20.3 40.8 15.5 15.1 9.7 10.8South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.4 29.3 25.3 86.1 31.4 95.7 25.1 30.8 19.3 30.1West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 22.8 22.5 65.1 33.0 73.4 21.5 26.2 18.0 17.3

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8 17.8 15.8 63.7 30.7 60.3 18.7 20.1 18.3 17.1Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.4 19.1 16.3 83.4 47.5 71.7 23.1 23.7 29.4 17.4Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 16.9 15.4 50.6 19.7 52.8 15.8 17.7 10.8 17.0

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.5 28.9 24.9 71.6 23.9 85.6 26.3 27.7 11.5 26.2


NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 1–4 and 7–10 can be computed by using parameter set II of table II,the frequencies of table 56, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 5 and 6 can be computed by using parameter sets II and X of table II, thefrequencies of tables 56 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence can be computed byusing parameter sets II and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 56 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 56. Number of bed days associated with episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, placeof accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2





All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,327 51,293 45,130 166,265 54,689 122,873 51,740 55,335 42,750 48,566

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041 – – 1,041 . . . . . . 98 – – 3305–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,860 2,762 2,762 8,097 . . . . . . 3,167 3,420 – 3,07618–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 3,741 3,459 6,531 2,134 5,765 1,626 3,459 2,573 1,46525–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,895 25,277 20,998 51,618 25,123 45,397 10,454 27,487 19,943 14,99445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,755 15,683 14,757 58,302 24,616 38,312 16,778 16,907 18,107 16,49065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,505 3,830 3,155 40,675 2,816 33,398 19,617 4,063 2,126 12,210

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,928 25,656 22,609 79,503 33,930 48,709 15,369 29,133 27,317 25,895Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,454 1,901 1,901 6,554 . . . . . . 2,652 2,420 – 2,10018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,184 13,196 11,055 32,987 14,916 27,318 4,224 15,144 14,036 10,43745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,290 10,559 9,652 39,962 19,014 21,392 8,493 11,569 13,280 13,359

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,399 25,637 22,521 86,762 20,759 74,163 36,371 26,202 15,434 22,670Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,447 861 861 2,585 . . . . . . 612 999 – 1,30618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,983 15,822 13,401 25,161 12,341 23,845 7,857 15,801 8,480 6,02245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,970 8,954 8,259 59,015 8,419 50,318 27,901 9,401 6,953 15,342

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,238 37,986 34,930 130,482 36,943 101,909 44,088 40,728 27,792 40,079Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,350 907 907 7,443 . . . . . . 2,202 1,473 – 3,06718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,344 21,402 19,190 38,942 16,632 38,647 9,733 21,951 13,187 11,32345 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,544 15,677 14,833 84,097 20,311 63,262 32,153 17,304 14,604 25,689

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,338 10,246 7,271 32,092 17,478 16,258 5,940 11,101 13,849 8,164Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,300 1,855 1,855 1,445 . . . . . . 812 1,947 – 34018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,917 6,051 3,833 16,866 10,356 10,405 1,782 7,187 8,220 4,81445 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,121 2,340 1,583 13,781 7,122 5,853 3,345 1,967 5,629 3,011


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Table 56. Number of bed days associated with episodes of persons injured, by whether in moving motor vehicle, whether at work, placeof accident, and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

CharacteristicAll

episodes1


Yes

No

At work? 2




Family income and ageUnder $10,000: Number of bed days in thousands

All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,761 6,021 6,021 27,740 7,605 17,418 8,712 7,373 3,629 9,648Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781 – – 1,781 . . . . . . 1,512 – – 4418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,218 3,007 3,007 9,211 3,971 6,375 2,553 3,955 2,306 2,56045 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,762 3,014 3,014 16,748 3,634 11,042 4,646 3,417 1,323 7,044

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,341 13,362 12,461 40,978 15,723 30,931 13,477 14,546 13,726 8,971Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,436 571 571 1,866 . . . . . . 205 663 – 99918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,564 9,815 8,933 16,750 8,203 16,652 3,549 10,626 8,124 3,67245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,340 2,977 2,957 22,363 7,520 14,279 9,723 3,257 5,602 4,299

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,402 7,760 7,685 35,642 6,605 30,378 12,928 10,847 5,973 9,628Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,015 381 381 1,633 . . . . . . 485 587 – 53818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,510 5,027 5,027 11,483 2,723 11,850 3,023 7,355 3,121 1,85745 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,878 2,352 2,277 22,525 3,882 18,528 9,420 2,905 2,852 7,233

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,162 14,355 13,161 31,037 11,421 25,675 8,912 14,841 7,326 11,931Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,418 1,810 1,810 2,608 . . . . . . 430 2,065 – 1,70118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,048 5,568 5,154 11,480 6,048 10,374 2,386 5,701 3,430 4,95245 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,696 6,977 6,196 16,949 5,373 15,301 6,097 7,075 3,895 5,278

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,070 5,152 3,534 26,918 12,180 14,124 8,482 4,785 10,008 6,402Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,771 8,189 7,238 28,812 9,287 18,627 9,602 9,387 6,033 6,691South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,524 25,015 21,565 73,510 19,688 60,065 21,461 26,287 16,466 25,662West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,963 12,937 12,792 37,026 13,534 30,058 12,195 14,876 10,244 9,811

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,249 35,454 31,457 127,025 45,062 88,415 37,320 40,139 36,431 34,176Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,677 15,193 12,969 66,484 27,726 41,837 18,393 18,936 23,479 13,856Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,571 20,261 18,488 60,541 17,337 46,578 18,927 21,203 12,952 20,320

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,079 15,839 13,673 39,240 9,627 34,458 14,420 15,196 6,319 14,389



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Table 57. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Type of chronic conditionAllages

Under 45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

TotalUnder18 years

18–44years Total

65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected skin andmusculoskeletal conditions Number of chronic conditions per 1,000 persons

Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.4 32.3 2.3 51.4 233.5 493.2 461.8 539.5Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 2.4 *– 3.9 18.2 31.3 38.7 20.5Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 15.8 *0.5 25.5 45.7 34.2 39.2 26.8Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 5.0 *0.5 7.8 19.0 19.4 26.1 *9.6Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 3.0 *1.3 4.2 11.3 18.8 14.6 25.0Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 5.3 *1.1 7.9 20.0 34.4 33.4 36.0Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 7.9 *– 13.0 39.4 31.9 31.9 31.9Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 4.7 *2.1 6.3 11.3 5.5 *4.7 *6.7Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 30.2 28.1 31.6 7.5 *1.6 *2.2 *0.8Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 7.7 3.5 10.4 15.2 10.7 10.4 *11.3Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 39.6 35.7 42.0 39.3 34.6 36.2 32.3Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 20.3 16.0 10.0 19.8 23.9 38.9 46.0 28.4Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 17.7 8.7 23.4 32.7 49.5 37.0 67.9Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 11.6 *1.9 17.8 33.9 45.4 41.3 51.4

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 22.2 7.2 31.8 49.4 95.7 64.7 141.1Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 10.4 3.8 14.7 15.2 19.4 14.3 27.0Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 1.9 *0.8 2.6 20.0 151.6 114.0 206.8Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 1.0 *0.4 *1.3 15.6 58.1 40.4 84.0Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 41.5 17.1 57.1 143.5 314.1 257.4 397.5Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 16.2 2.4 25.0 59.8 97.9 101.1 93.0Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 13.3 20.0 9.0 8.3 12.4 11.4 14.0Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 2.6 *0.4 3.9 11.0 17.6 16.1 19.9Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 6.9 3.3 *1.7 4.3 9.5 22.6 22.6 22.8Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 98.3 29.3 142.2 172.4 178.4 163.8 199.8Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.4 58.3 10.6 88.8 101.6 103.7 93.4 118.8Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 10.8 *1.4 16.8 33.3 28.6 28.4 29.0Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 38.6 17.4 52.1 62.8 75.3 73.4 78.2

Selected digestive conditions

Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 12.7 *0.3 20.6 24.9 36.1 36.0 36.2Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 6.0 2.8 8.0 32.7 71.5 65.7 80.0Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 8.2 2.5 11.8 21.5 28.1 31.0 23.9Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 18.1 2.7 28.0 35.6 42.9 38.6 49.3Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 7.2 2.3 10.3 16.6 19.3 17.9 21.3Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 4.5 *0.2 7.3 12.7 11.8 13.2 *9.6Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 *0.7 *– *1.2 8.9 46.5 42.9 51.8Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 8.4 5.5 10.3 24.3 57.2 37.2 86.8


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Table 57. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under 45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

TotalUnder18 years

18–44years Total

65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected conditions of thegenitourinary, nervous, endocrine, metabolic,

and blood and blood-forming systems Number of chronic conditions per 1,000 persons

Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 16.3 9.4 *1.9 14.1 26.7 38.6 37.4 40.2Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 8.6 *1.5 13.1 61.9 103.5 101.9 106.0Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 15.0 8.6 19.0 13.1 21.5 18.4 26.0Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.2 *6.0 *4.0Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 43.0 13.2 62.0 59.6 19.3 20.1 18.2Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 0.9 *0.2 1.4 4.3 9.9 *7.2 13.9Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 11.5 4.7 15.8 20.5 26.9 24.6 30.3Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 9.8 3.4 13.9 22.3 39.0 28.6 54.2Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 1.0 *– 1.6 13.6 37.7 28.7 50.8Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 21.1 2.6 32.8 26.9 11.2 9.3 14.0

Selected circulatory conditions

Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 7.9 5.2 *1.2 7.8 13.9 13.0 15.0 *10.0Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.6 33.0 20.3 41.2 119.0 307.3 279.0 349.0Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 3.6 *0.3 5.7 45.5 136.6 131.8 143.5Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 22.6 14.9 27.5 44.4 95.8 92.4 100.8Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 3.2 *0.4 4.9 15.5 29.0 31.2 25.8Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5 17.2 14.1 19.1 18.5 34.3 36.0 31.8Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 7.6 2.3 *0.5 3.5 10.4 32.5 25.2 43.1

Other selected diseases of heart,excluding hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 6.8 5.0 8.0 29.2 74.9 54.7 104.5

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 108.3 33.7 3.1 53.2 217.1 348.5 343.2 356.4Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 1.1 *1.0 *1.2 19.1 70.9 46.9 106.0Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 *0.3 *– *0.5 7.2 44.1 35.9 56.0Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 15.5 *0.6 25.1 54.4 71.7 69.2 75.2Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 25.8 *0.2 42.1 66.7 74.3 75.5 72.4

Selected respiratory conditions

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.3 51.0 59.3 45.8 61.2 61.7 69.4 50.4Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 53.8 71.6 42.5 45.0 48.2 53.0 41.2Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 93.4 93.2 56.7 116.5 106.4 73.3 82.0 60.5Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.7 134.9 79.6 170.2 185.3 150.0 170.8 119.4Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.0 *0.7 9.4 9.6 8.3 9.7 *6.3Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 11.0 15.3 26.4 8.2 *1.8 *1.7 *2.8 *–Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 1.3 *0.7 1.7 15.6 29.8 27.3 33.3

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set V of table II, the frequencies of table 62, and the formula presented in rule 2 ofappendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 58. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by sex and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Type of chronic condition

Male Female

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years

75 yearsand over Total

65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 182.7 407.8 373.8 467.2 36.6 280.6 555.0 533.3 583.2Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 27.1 44.4 54.7 *26.2 *0.4 10.0 21.9 25.6 *17.0Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 54.2 33.0 35.6 *28.3 12.6 37.8 35.0 42.1 25.9Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 11.8 12.6 *13.3 *11.5 6.4 25.7 24.3 36.5 *8.4Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 8.5 *3.5 *4.3 *2.1 2.8 13.9 29.9 23.0 38.8Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 *4.8 16.5 *12.9 *23.1 8.3 34.1 47.4 50.0 43.9Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 35.9 26.9 27.0 *26.6 10.3 42.6 35.6 36.0 35.3Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 14.1 *4.3 *1.4 *9.2 5.0 8.7 *6.4 *7.3 *5.2Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 6.3 *2.3 *3.6 *– 36.7 8.6 *1.2 *1.2 *1.3Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 14.1 12.6 *13.0 *11.9 9.1 16.3 9.4 *8.2 *10.9Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 34.0 20.5 21.4 *18.9 49.0 44.3 44.9 48.3 40.5Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 11.7 20.0 41.7 49.9 *27.2 20.2 27.4 36.9 42.9 29.0Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 27.4 34.0 23.3 52.8 17.4 37.6 60.6 48.1 77.0Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 16.3 28.9 25.0 35.8 14.0 50.2 57.3 54.6 60.9

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 67.3 113.0 89.6 154.1 13.1 32.9 83.1 44.6 133.3Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 29.3 39.2 27.5 59.9 *0.8 *2.2 *5.1 *3.5 *7.2Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 13.7 106.1 87.1 139.4 *1.3 25.9 184.5 135.9 247.6Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 17.3 50.4 36.0 75.7 *0.7 14.0 63.6 44.1 89.0Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 189.3 370.8 320.5 458.8 34.3 101.1 273.1 206.0 360.4Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3 68.2 99.2 110.5 79.4 15.1 52.1 96.9 93.5 101.3Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7 11.6 15.4 *13.2 *19.3 9.8 *5.1 10.3 *9.9 *10.8Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 19.9 35.3 27.5 49.0 *0.8 *2.8 *4.8 *6.7 *2.3Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 2.9 11.6 28.9 33.1 *21.6 3.6 7.6 18.1 13.9 23.3Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 101.1 183.1 159.6 146.4 183.0 95.5 162.4 192.0 178.0 210.2Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 98.7 86.1 74.9 105.8 64.2 104.2 116.4 108.4 126.7Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 42.4 28.3 26.7 31.0 10.0 24.9 28.9 29.6 27.9Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9 70.1 70.4 70.1 70.8 31.3 56.0 78.9 76.1 82.7


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 18.9 32.5 29.3 38.1 14.2 30.5 38.7 41.5 35.0Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 38.1 75.8 69.0 87.6 4.8 27.8 68.4 63.0 75.5Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 15.1 26.0 25.4 *27.0 9.7 27.5 29.6 35.6 21.8Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1 31.1 31.7 21.3 49.9 17.1 39.8 51.1 52.7 49.0Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 9.6 13.7 *12.8 *15.3 8.5 23.0 23.3 22.0 24.9Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.1 *4.3 *4.7 *4.3 *5.4 8.0 20.6 16.9 20.6 *12.0Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.4 6.5 21.1 17.9 *26.4 *1.0 11.2 64.9 63.3 67.0Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 8.6 40.8 29.4 60.8 12.2 38.9 69.1 43.4 102.6


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Table 58. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by sex and age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected conditions of thegenitourinary, nervous, endocrine,metabolic,


Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . *1.6 9.3 *10.5 *9.7 *11.9 17.1 42.8 58.9 60.1 57.3Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 64.8 100.5 99.6 102.1 8.5 59.1 105.7 103.7 108.3Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 *4.8 13.2 *9.7 *19.3 24.5 20.7 27.5 25.4 30.1Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 *3.8 *4.9 *4.5 *5.4 5.9 7.0 *5.4 *7.1 *3.2Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 23.4 *6.6 *8.7 *2.7 63.9 93.2 28.5 29.3 27.4Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *1.5 *2.3 *2.0 *2.7 *0.8 6.9 15.4 *11.4 20.7Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 17.3 27.6 32.1 *19.9 14.6 23.5 26.4 18.5 36.7Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 8.8 30.7 28.0 35.4 17.0 34.7 45.0 29.3 65.6Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 28.3 89.7 64.0 134.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 51.9 19.3 17.0 22.5


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 2.3 7.7 *7.3 *7.2 *7.5 8.1 19.7 17.2 21.5 *11.5Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 131.3 357.2 346.8 375.6 38.1 107.6 271.2 223.8 332.8Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 65.6 176.2 179.1 171.0 2.2 26.8 107.9 93.3 127.0Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 30.3 93.8 92.1 96.8 27.3 57.4 97.2 92.6 103.4Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 10.9 29.1 30.6 *26.4 4.2 19.6 29.0 31.7 25.5Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 10.1 25.5 33.0 *12.2 20.2 26.3 40.7 38.4 43.8Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 1.8 9.2 39.2 28.5 58.1 2.8 11.5 27.6 22.5 34.1

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 35.4 87.3 75.6 107.7 8.6 23.4 65.9 37.8 102.6

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 210.6 316.5 323.3 304.5 32.4 223.1 371.7 359.4 387.7Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.3 18.8 84.8 53.3 140.2 *0.9 19.4 60.7 41.7 85.5Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 9.6 56.0 49.3 67.9 *0.3 *5.0 35.4 25.1 49.0Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 19.2 36.9 39.0 33.1 26.5 87.0 96.9 93.9 100.7Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 66.3 66.0 79.7 42.1 30.2 67.1 80.2 72.2 90.7


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 49.0 54.0 58.6 45.9 58.3 72.6 67.3 78.2 53.1Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 30.1 42.7 51.9 *26.4 53.8 58.9 52.1 53.8 50.0Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 87.4 98.9 63.4 75.6 41.9 99.1 113.4 80.5 87.4 71.7Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 174.7 157.0 174.5 126.4 150.6 195.2 144.9 167.9 115.0Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 9.6 12.4 *12.7 *11.9 5.7 9.7 *5.5 *7.4 *2.9Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 13.9 *1.2 *1.3 *2.0 *– 16.7 *2.5 *2.0 *3.5 *–Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 18.9 40.1 27.3 62.5 *1.6 12.5 22.4 27.5 *15.9


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Table 59. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by race and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 231.3 484.3 448.5 536.2 19.4 291.3 613.8 636.8 574.6Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 16.5 25.0 30.9 16.6 *1.7 *23.0 80.1 93.2 *58.1Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 47.0 37.3 42.6 29.7 8.6 45.4 *9.7 *15.5 *–Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 19.7 20.6 28.6 *9.0 *0.7 *19.9 *11.6 *7.2 *19.0Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 11.4 20.2 15.4 27.2 *1.4 *4.7 *3.7 *3.0 *5.0Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 18.9 34.3 34.0 34.6 *1.5 31.9 *40.8 *29.3 *60.1Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 40.8 32.4 33.2 31.3 *5.2 41.7 *30.3 *20.3 *47.0Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 10.6 6.0 *5.3 *7.1 *3.7 *16.5 *1.5 *– *4.0Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 7.3 *1.8 *2.5 *0.9 30.5 *8.0 *– *– *–Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 16.5 11.3 10.5 *12.5 *0.1 *7.4 *7.1 *11.4 *–Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 40.0 35.7 37.3 33.5 35.5 *24.1 *22.1 *27.5 *13.0Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 16.0 24.4 38.2 45.0 28.4 12.0 *19.3 *38.9 *41.8 *33.0Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 31.1 49.9 37.6 67.6 13.4 48.5 56.9 *39.4 *86.1Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 32.2 39.9 32.9 49.9 16.3 50.6 104.8 118.3 *82.1

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 48.4 96.5 62.9 145.0 16.2 73.2 95.1 98.6 *89.1Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 16.9 19.3 12.8 28.6 *4.0 *6.8 *20.2 *32.3 *–Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 18.4 152.1 117.7 201.7 *2.9 36.6 162.4 98.6 270.3Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 13.8 56.8 39.0 82.4 *1.7 33.7 85.7 *64.5 *121.1Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 153.4 329.0 272.3 411.1 26.5 93.1 189.7 151.7 252.3Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 62.0 106.2 110.0 100.5 11.4 56.5 *34.8 *38.8 *29.0Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 6.8 12.7 11.2 15.0 27.4 *19.3 *12.4 *16.1 *6.0Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 9.0 18.0 15.7 21.2 *0.6 31.5 *18.3 *23.3 *10.0Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 3.0 7.9 21.8 23.7 19.0 6.1 *20.4 *37.1 *16.7 *70.1Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 176.5 175.9 157.7 202.0 78.4 171.0 232.4 257.5 191.2Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 104.7 102.4 91.2 118.7 31.9 97.7 131.4 130.8 *132.1Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 33.0 30.0 28.7 31.8 8.5 41.3 *21.3 *32.3 *4.0Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 63.8 74.2 71.3 78.4 44.3 67.2 95.4 105.1 *80.1


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 23.6 35.9 35.8 36.0 18.2 32.1 *38.2 *40.6 *34.0Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 33.5 75.5 72.1 80.5 *3.0 *20.6 *42.7 *19.7 *81.1Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 20.3 27.9 29.7 25.2 9.6 33.7 *37.4 *52.0 *13.0Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 35.1 44.3 37.6 54.1 15.5 42.4 *29.9 *43.6 *7.0Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 19.3 21.6 20.2 23.5 *4.2 *– *– *– *–Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 14.6 13.0 14.9 *10.3 *0.6 *1.9 *1.5 *– *4.0Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.9 9.8 51.0 47.3 56.3 *0.1 *5.1 *6.4 *10.2 *–Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 22.3 55.7 35.4 85.0 10.6 43.8 77.8 *63.3 *102.1


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Table 59. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by race and age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected conditions of thegenitourinary, nervous, endocrine,metabolic,


Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 10.2 27.8 38.7 39.5 37.7 6.3 *15.4 *46.0 *26.9 *78.1Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 56.3 97.9 95.4 101.6 12.6 112.5 162.1 174.4 *141.1Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.5 22.5 19.4 27.1 27.1 *20.4 *15.3 *13.1 *19.0Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 4.4 5.4 *6.1 *4.5 6.3 *16.5 *4.5 *7.2 *–Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 61.9 19.4 19.9 18.7 31.2 52.0 *22.8 *26.9 *16.0Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.6 5.0 9.4 *6.5 13.6 *0.7 *– *18.0 *16.7 *20.0Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 20.9 26.2 22.6 31.3 10.6 *20.2 *29.6 *31.1 *27.0Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 22.9 42.9 31.6 59.1 7.6 *13.2 *7.9 *6.6 *10.0Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 14.4 38.5 28.3 53.3 *0.4 *12.1 *25.8 *20.9 *34.0Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 27.4 12.5 10.5 15.5 20.4 *27.3 *– *– *–


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 5.9 15.3 14.0 16.0 *11.1 *2.4 *7.0 *6.0 *9.6 *–Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 119.3 315.3 284.4 359.9 36.6 134.5 216.7 217.4 215.2Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 45.5 142.4 136.8 150.4 *5.9 54.5 62.1 *70.5 *48.0Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 45.2 99.7 95.4 106.0 23.6 38.2 65.1 *72.3 *53.1Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 15.8 31.2 33.1 28.4 *4.0 *13.2 *13.8 *20.3 *2.0Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 19.3 33.8 34.0 33.5 19.6 *16.7 *40.0 *52.0 *20.0Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 2.7 10.1 34.8 28.4 44.1 *– *8.4 *11.2 *– *30.0

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 28.6 73.2 52.2 103.5 7.1 41.9 89.4 *74.7 *114.1

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 203.7 342.0 340.6 343.9 50.5 332.4 400.8 352.4 480.5Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 17.4 70.5 46.7 104.8 *1.7 29.2 64.7 *41.2 *104.1Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 7.5 45.2 37.9 55.8 *0.2 *4.9 *23.2 *17.9 *33.0Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3 55.0 78.4 77.4 79.7 6.4 57.2 *19.1 *6.0 *41.0Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 70.2 77.3 79.6 74.1 13.7 40.7 *42.7 *34.1 *57.1


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 62.1 64.0 70.6 54.5 40.0 63.1 *52.4 *74.7 *15.0Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 44.5 49.2 56.0 39.3 64.2 61.3 *36.7 *15.5 *72.1Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 98.4 107.0 76.0 84.2 64.0 66.7 87.2 *50.9 *61.5 *33.0Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.9 186.9 151.8 172.9 121.4 107.8 200.0 152.3 178.6 *107.1Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 11.2 9.3 11.0 *7.0 *1.4 *– *– *– *–Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 16.4 *1.4 *1.6 *2.7 *– 10.4 *6.2 *3.4 *5.4 *–Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 16.0 29.8 27.0 33.9 *0.5 *13.6 *36.7 *37.6 *35.0


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Table 60. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by family income and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 425.7 581.3 569.7 590.5 39.9 283.7 513.4 527.5 493.2Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.7 *19.1 40.9 *43.7 *38.7 *3.1 *18.0 39.8 52.3 *21.9Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 77.2 48.0 *48.9 *47.7 18.6 42.5 43.2 50.2 *33.0Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . *3.0 *24.5 *12.3 *16.5 *9.0 7.1 *15.8 21.1 *31.0 *6.7Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.7 *15.5 *25.1 *25.7 *24.7 *4.0 *10.4 *16.4 *10.5 *24.7Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.0 *25.5 51.4 *50.4 *52.2 *5.4 *16.1 44.8 40.2 51.3Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.9 71.1 55.3 *55.6 *54.7 10.5 37.8 38.9 36.4 *42.5Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.4 *12.6 *4.6 *5.1 *4.1 6.1 *19.8 *7.2 *9.8 *3.5Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 *16.1 *– *– *– 22.9 *7.3 *1.3 *– *3.2Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 *16.8 *2.7 *– *4.9 6.5 *13.5 *15.1 *7.1 *26.3Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 81.1 47.8 *48.4 *47.3 39.1 28.1 38.9 43.8 *32.0Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 22.5 *25.2 46.6 *58.2 *37.4 16.7 *18.0 39.6 53.4 *20.0Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 51.4 79.5 *46.8 105.7 22.5 42.3 54.5 46.2 66.6Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 54.6 59.7 *56.1 62.5 22.3 32.1 55.2 55.4 54.8

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 106.3 93.9 97.8 90.9 30.4 81.2 91.3 54.7 143.3Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 *7.4 *3.0 *6.7 *– 12.6 *11.3 *11.1 *10.0 *12.7Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6.6 53.0 239.8 236.7 242.2 *2.6 30.7 156.8 113.0 219.0Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 *8.1 48.2 *56.6 *41.1 *0.6 28.1 59.9 40.9 86.5Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 179.9 326.4 247.0 389.8 44.7 172.9 279.1 218.4 364.8Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 80.7 91.4 97.3 86.8 12.9 75.4 79.9 88.4 67.8Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 *22.9 *13.7 *9.3 *17.3 19.9 *14.9 20.2 *15.9 *26.3Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.9 *25.8 *23.1 *24.2 *22.2 *2.3 *18.7 *16.6 *14.1 *20.6Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . *4.8 *43.3 *9.4 *6.2 *11.9 *4.0 *11.3 35.2 *29.9 *42.8Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 115.4 288.4 277.0 292.3 264.4 105.7 209.8 170.1 165.3 176.9Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.0 172.5 153.1 167.3 141.4 60.7 117.0 79.1 77.7 81.1Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 72.7 54.9 77.2 *37.0 10.4 44.6 30.7 *27.7 *34.9Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 99.8 130.7 148.2 117.2 50.4 85.1 93.5 92.0 96.0


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 74.3 61.7 *67.9 *56.7 23.7 47.2 40.5 44.4 *34.5Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7.2 86.2 138.3 148.7 129.9 *4.2 39.4 92.4 86.4 100.8Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 *37.8 *23.3 *45.3 *5.8 13.2 58.3 41.3 38.6 *44.7Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 64.9 53.0 *67.4 *41.5 22.0 57.7 53.7 38.2 75.8Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5.4 *25.8 *18.3 *6.2 *28.0 7.0 *12.5 35.5 40.4 *28.5Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *20.7 *16.7 *24.2 *10.3 *5.7 *6.4 *14.0 *17.2 *9.5Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.2 *16.5 39.3 *41.2 *37.8 *– *15.6 52.9 56.5 47.9Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8.1 80.4 105.8 *62.8 140.2 14.6 30.3 86.1 57.4 127.1


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Table 60. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by family income and age: United States, 1993—Con.



Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . *3.2 *21.6 54.4 *36.5 68.7 10.0 30.3 37.2 *30.4 46.9Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 122.1 159.8 204.8 123.8 8.6 90.3 123.0 126.8 117.9Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 *17.8 45.3 *41.7 *48.1 24.1 *24.4 30.4 *24.8 *38.0Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 *32.9 *8.9 *6.7 *10.3 7.3 *10.6 *1.3 *2.2 *–Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 96.9 *28.1 *36.5 *21.4 38.9 75.6 21.9 *24.3 *18.4Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 *– *24.9 *14.4 *33.3 *2.4 *15.3 *11.8 *4.2 *22.8Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 *30.0 41.8 *42.2 *41.5 14.4 36.1 18.9 *17.0 *21.6Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 58.1 47.3 *24.2 65.8 14.4 33.6 49.7 32.4 73.9Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *13.6 *23.5 *9.8 *34.5 *– *13.9 20.4 *14.7 *28.2Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 *44.3 *7.5 *– *13.6 17.8 *16.6 *12.1 *10.5 *14.3


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . *7.1 *9.0 *5.0 *2.1 *7.4 *1.6 *11.3 *7.6 *7.8 *7.6Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 169.9 286.2 166.8 381.6 39.7 155.2 327.9 323.1 334.7Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 59.1 109.7 *62.8 147.2 *4.5 62.3 146.5 144.9 148.7Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 49.7 87.1 *73.1 98.7 28.4 46.5 85.3 89.5 79.2Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.6 *14.5 *19.7 *22.1 *18.1 *2.7 *21.5 30.4 *29.9 *30.7Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 *32.6 *25.6 *18.0 *31.7 22.7 *14.9 30.9 *31.7 *30.1Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . *1.8 *2.9 41.8 *32.9 *48.9 *3.0 *10.1 24.0 *27.9 *18.4

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 61.0 89.4 *31.4 136.1 6.8 46.5 96.2 88.7 106.8

High blood pressure(hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 46.4 322.4 382.9 321.2 432.2 38.5 271.7 380.8 428.8 312.5Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 47.5 96.0 91.1 99.5 *1.6 30.9 96.7 83.5 115.4Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.6 *7.8 57.1 *32.4 76.9 *0.9 *16.8 51.5 45.8 59.9Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 92.4 110.9 99.8 119.2 18.5 93.3 81.6 88.9 71.3Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 77.8 116.3 84.9 141.4 26.3 74.4 90.7 94.7 84.9


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 69.8 84.8 118.9 *57.6 69.6 69.7 82.3 97.8 60.2Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 70.4 66.1 91.1 *46.5 57.2 53.1 50.3 49.1 52.3Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 61.8 71.7 69.7 *59.7 77.7 74.1 84.1 76.9 76.4 77.7Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 204.5 168.7 192.5 149.7 144.7 231.8 180.1 200.3 151.5Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4.6 *7.8 *3.0 *– *5.3 *3.8 *5.5 *6.0 *3.1 *10.1Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 15.1 *3.6 *– *– *– 20.5 *2.3 *1.4 *2.5 *–Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 50.1 38.2 *39.1 *37.8 *3.3 *21.8 35.1 *31.3 *40.6


89




Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 260.2 464.0 439.0 509.3 27.0 185.0 449.9 427.8 505.0Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.9 23.1 25.5 *26.8 *23.1 3.3 17.8 42.4 59.3 *–Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 53.5 28.9 39.3 *9.9 17.8 38.2 36.2 41.1 *23.2Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . *2.9 21.0 *18.3 *20.9 *13.6 6.8 17.0 27.2 *35.0 *8.0Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.2 *12.6 *15.4 *10.4 *24.8 3.1 10.7 *24.9 *21.9 *32.5Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.5 22.6 27.4 *31.8 *19.4 8.1 16.5 30.9 *29.5 *35.2Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 25.0 30.9 37.7 *18.6 8.7 42.2 28.5 *27.4 *31.2Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 15.3 *8.1 *4.5 *14.5 4.4 10.0 *7.0 *3.4 *15.9Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 *5.1 *6.0 *9.3 *– 32.4 7.5 *– *– *–Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 20.2 *12.3 *16.4 *5.0 9.1 16.1 *5.3 *1.3 *15.3Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 28.3 25.6 *19.3 *37.2 46.2 48.2 42.4 44.3 *37.8Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 17.9 25.4 47.9 51.3 *42.1 13.8 23.4 33.0 42.9 *7.3Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8 40.0 39.9 35.0 *48.7 18.2 28.0 49.0 *24.5 110.8Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 49.2 39.6 36.8 *44.6 11.2 28.1 50.0 42.7 *67.7

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 45.4 92.9 60.6 151.6 19.6 35.5 111.1 85.4 176.5Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 *14.9 *16.3 *7.9 *31.4 11.2 20.8 38.8 *32.7 *54.4Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.0 20.3 128.5 102.0 176.8 *1.1 10.0 130.3 74.6 271.4Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.7 25.9 70.0 58.8 90.5 *0.6 9.8 55.1 *10.3 168.5Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 160.9 335.0 304.8 389.5 31.7 138.6 341.5 273.2 512.9Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 57.8 124.1 138.3 98.3 12.1 59.5 113.1 113.5 112.1Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 *8.8 *6.0 *7.9 *2.5 8.8 *4.6 *10.0 *7.1 *16.6Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3.6 *14.7 *19.6 *24.5 *10.7 *1.5 6.4 *19.8 *17.7 *25.2Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 4.5 *6.7 22.1 34.3 *– 2.1 *4.1 *14.7 *6.8 *33.8Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 115.5 189.6 181.0 177.2 187.9 86.0 158.9 133.5 118.3 172.5Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 123.3 127.5 124.0 133.8 52.6 85.4 80.5 60.1 132.1Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 36.5 24.0 *24.8 *22.7 6.9 30.7 28.1 *32.4 *17.3Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 60.8 57.0 55.9 59.1 32.8 62.5 46.4 52.4 *31.2


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 18.8 30.6 *27.3 *37.2 9.5 17.6 *22.3 *23.4 *19.2Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 40.1 63.5 51.6 85.1 6.6 28.1 47.9 46.4 *51.8Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 20.2 30.5 *32.0 *27.7 8.1 13.1 *22.8 *22.1 *24.6Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 38.8 58.8 50.4 73.9 17.3 32.9 29.2 *30.0 *27.2Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 15.6 *15.8 *11.6 *23.5 8.6 16.1 *16.0 *14.5 *19.9Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 15.6 *6.7 *2.5 *14.5 5.1 13.4 *12.4 *17.4 *–Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *12.9 63.5 50.4 87.2 *1.7 *4.6 38.5 39.0 *37.8Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 24.3 45.4 41.6 *52.5 6.8 18.8 *15.8 *9.0 *33.2


90




Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 8.7 38.5 36.0 43.6 *22.3 12.3 21.5 42.4 52.7 *16.6Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 80.5 77.7 77.9 77.2 9.5 43.8 88.8 66.6 144.7Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 *11.1 *9.7 *15.0 *– 12.9 9.0 *13.0 *10.8 *18.6Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 *3.4 *5.9 *3.2 *10.7 3.9 *1.6 *4.9 *6.8 *–Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 58.9 29.3 *31.8 *24.8 43.4 57.4 *5.3 *3.2 *10.6Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.5 *2.4 *11.1 *11.8 *9.9 *0.9 *3.6 *– *– *–Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 25.7 31.5 *30.4 *33.0 9.5 12.8 *16.2 *16.6 *15.3Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 26.5 40.6 43.2 *36.3 8.7 16.3 *22.8 *16.1 *39.8Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 *12.0 59.1 36.3 100.4 *1.1 17.5 66.2 51.6 102.9Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 33.8 *15.1 *16.4 *12.8 24.8 30.1 *6.4 *9.0 *–


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 6.1 15.2 *10.6 *16.4 *– 6.8 14.7 *26.2 *30.0 *16.6Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 131.4 337.9 341.8 331.3 26.8 103.4 297.8 287.9 322.5Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2.7 47.5 164.3 175.1 144.6 2.8 40.5 146.1 146.2 145.3Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 46.9 124.1 123.8 124.7 17.3 44.5 100.9 99.3 104.8Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 *11.9 30.3 38.4 *15.7 2.8 16.8 46.0 47.7 *41.1Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 20.0 45.3 44.1 *47.5 11.3 17.4 30.7 39.8 *8.0Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . *1.3 14.9 48.5 41.3 61.5 3.2 10.4 *24.3 *11.9 *56.4

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 36.9 49.5 42.7 62.0 6.7 18.3 50.5 42.1 *72.3

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 228.7 351.3 344.5 363.5 28.7 190.8 284.2 296.4 253.5Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 18.6 35.9 *27.9 *50.0 *0.3 10.6 37.9 *22.7 *76.3Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *– *7.2 42.1 41.6 *43.0 *– 6.4 35.5 *28.2 *53.7Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 58.6 79.4 78.6 81.0 13.7 43.4 49.8 53.2 *41.1Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 68.3 87.8 108.3 *50.4 26.3 75.1 49.2 54.0 *36.5


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 74.2 52.9 44.7 67.7 47.6 54.1 46.6 51.1 *35.2Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 49.1 44.7 44.3 *45.4 49.3 43.1 47.5 48.2 *45.1Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 87.2 97.0 83.4 97.2 *57.8 126.2 131.3 100.7 110.6 *75.6Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.6 185.3 154.9 176.0 116.5 145.9 186.8 123.9 150.4 *57.7Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 *12.4 *4.0 *6.1 *– 7.7 11.3 *22.1 *24.5 *15.9Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 12.3 *– *4.5 *7.0 *– 16.8 *1.1 *– *– *–Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *0.3 18.9 29.3 *25.9 *35.5 *0.9 7.3 *16.2 *19.2 *8.6

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set V of table II, the frequencies of tables 65 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 ofappendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 61. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by geographic region and place of residence:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.3 141.5 131.0 110.2 121.7 121.1 122.1 152.6Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 8.3 10.2 10.3 9.0 10.5 8.1 9.2Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 23.5 23.9 23.1 23.6 20.8 25.4 25.1Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 9.1 10.8 11.9 9.0 9.4 8.8 11.1Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 7.9 7.2 6.7 6.5 8.1 5.4 7.1Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.5 10.6 13.3 12.5 15.5 10.5 8.9Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 17.7 16.4 16.8 16.8 16.9 16.8 17.9Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 5.2 4.9 9.5 5.8 4.9 6.4 7.0Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 22.3 22.9 24.4 22.5 29.4 17.8 21.6Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 10.1 8.0 10.1 9.3 9.3 9.4 10.4Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 35.3 33.1 48.5 41.4 42.1 41.0 29.7Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 17.6 21.4 20.4 21.4 19.4 20.2 18.9 23.6Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.8 27.7 24.6 23.4 22.4 24.9 20.7 32.3Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.4 18.4 22.5 20.0 20.8 25.4 17.8 17.6

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 39.3 37.2 41.1 35.0 40.0 31.8 42.2Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 14.7 10.9 15.9 12.8 13.2 12.6 11.2Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 20.5 27.6 20.3 22.6 24.1 21.6 28.4Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 12.5 11.5 8.2 10.3 11.4 9.5 13.0Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.2 98.4 94.4 107.1 87.2 84.3 89.1 123.5Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 36.3 32.1 42.4 31.5 30.3 32.3 46.8Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.8 12.8 10.8 12.4 16.3 9.8 11.4Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 8.0 7.4 3.6 5.4 7.6 4.0 8.5Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 7.0 6.2 8.7 4.8 6.9 7.8 6.3 6.8Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 125.2 122.2 134.8 119.5 128.7 113.3 134.1Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 70.9 69.3 87.9 70.0 77.2 65.2 81.1Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 19.0 15.6 21.1 15.7 17.9 14.1 23.8Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 49.0 50.5 48.7 47.6 50.2 45.9 48.7


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 15.7 23.0 15.5 17.0 18.2 16.1 21.6Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 14.8 27.1 12.3 18.7 14.6 21.4 21.5Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 14.7 12.8 13.1 14.3 13.4 14.9 9.5Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 28.1 29.6 20.5 24.9 26.2 24.0 23.6Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 11.5 9.7 12.4 10.8 10.2 11.3 9.3Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 6.5 8.5 6.4 7.1 5.9 7.9 6.7Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.5 10.4 6.8 7.3 7.1 7.5 10.1Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 18.5 20.2 15.5 17.0 19.6 15.3 19.4


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Table 61. Number of selected reported chronic conditions per 1,000 persons, by geographic region and place of residence:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 15.2 19.0 15.7 15.4 15.4 13.3 16.8 19.8Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 33.3 34.8 18.9 29.4 33.0 26.9 35.7Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 18.1 15.0 16.9 15.9 17.5 14.9 13.5Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 5.6 5.2 5.4 4.8 6.4 3.7 7.1Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 39.6 48.2 46.4 43.3 44.7 42.3 43.6Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . *1.8 3.1 3.1 *2.5 2.1 2.5 1.9 4.7Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 15.0 21.9 9.8 13.5 13.4 13.6 21.1Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 18.0 15.6 18.2 14.5 14.2 14.7 20.6Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 7.3 7.0 8.6 7.5 8.1 7.1 9.6Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 19.5 21.0 24.2 21.6 18.7 23.5 18.8


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 10.2 6.2 6.5 9.8 7.9 6.2 9.0 7.9Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 92.9 85.6 70.7 82.4 87.3 79.2 87.8Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 27.1 30.2 24.3 26.9 30.2 24.6 32.8Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 42.7 34.3 33.0 36.8 34.8 38.2 32.4Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 11.5 9.0 5.4 9.5 9.5 9.6 5.9Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7 24.2 17.2 20.5 20.1 19.1 20.7 17.6Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 7.9 6.9 8.2 7.1 7.2 6.2 7.9 8.9

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 23.1 21.0 13.4 18.8 22.3 16.4 22.5

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 113.3 123.9 82.4 102.8 102.7 102.9 128.6Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 12.7 16.3 11.3 12.8 12.5 13.0 14.6Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 8.8 6.7 5.6 6.5 6.7 6.3 9.0Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 34.1 28.3 31.2 28.7 29.9 27.9 34.9Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 46.6 37.9 38.5 37.8 40.4 36.1 46.8


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 65.3 57.1 39.5 52.9 54.1 52.1 59.8Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 49.2 46.4 57.7 51.2 57.6 47.0 52.1Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 78.4 94.5 95.2 102.5 94.1 97.5 91.9 90.6Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 176.6 180.0 101.5 142.0 149.3 137.2 163.5Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 6.2 7.4 5.8 7.6 7.9 7.3 5.0Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 7.7 12.2 11.8 11.5 10.4 11.6 9.6 13.2Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 7.3 9.8 3.4 7.1 8.8 5.9 9.4


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set V of table II, the frequencies of tables 66 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 ofappendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 62. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under 45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

TotalUnder18 years

18–44years Total

65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected skinand musculoskeletal conditions Number of chronic conditions in thousands

Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,642 5,593 154 5,439 11,627 15,422 8,596 6,827Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304 416 – 416 908 980 721 259Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,078 2,733 37 2,696 2,276 1,068 730 339Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 2,411 858 31 826 947 606 485 121Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,677 526 86 440 562 588 272 316Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,982 910 71 839 996 1,076 621 456Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,334 1,375 – 1,375 1,961 999 594 404Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539 806 141 665 561 172 87 85Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,663 5,239 1,894 3,345 372 51 41 10Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,434 1,341 236 1,105 757 336 193 143Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,896 6,854 2,411 4,444 1,959 1,083 674 409Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 5,170 2,767 677 2,090 1,188 1,216 857 359Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,237 3,063 588 2,476 1,627 1,547 688 859Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,117 2,009 126 1,883 1,688 1,420 769 651

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,302 3,850 487 3,363 2,461 2,991 1,205 1,786Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,173 1,807 253 1,554 758 608 266 342Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,067 332 55 276 996 4,739 2,122 2,617Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,762 167 28 140 778 1,816 753 1,063Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,160 7,192 1,152 6,040 7,146 9,822 4,792 5,030Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,845 2,805 162 2,643 2,979 3,060 1,883 1,177Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101 2,301 1,348 953 412 389 212 177Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546 446 30 416 549 551 299 252Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 1,752 569 113 455 475 708 420 288Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 31,182 17,021 1,977 15,044 8,581 5,579 3,050 2,529Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,406 10,106 715 9,392 5,057 3,242 1,738 1,504Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,424 1,870 94 1,776 1,659 895 528 367Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,166 6,684 1,177 5,506 3,127 2,356 1,366 990


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,569 2,201 17 2,184 1,240 1,129 671 458Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,900 1,035 191 844 1,629 2,236 1,223 1,013Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,372 1,422 170 1,253 1,071 879 577 302Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,253 3,137 180 2,957 1,774 1,343 718 624Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672 1,243 155 1,088 827 603 333 269Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,786 784 11 774 634 368 246 121Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,021 123 – 123 444 1,454 799 655Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,460 1,461 368 1,092 1,210 1,790 692 1,098


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Table 62. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Under 45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

TotalUnder

18 years18–44years Total

65–74years

75 yearsand over


and blood and blood-forming systems Number of chronic conditions in thousands

Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 4,155 1,621 129 1,492 1,328 1,206 697 509Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,813 1,494 104 1,389 3,081 3,238 1,897 1,341Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,917 2,596 583 2,013 650 671 342 329Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342 907 362 544 273 162 111 51Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,023 7,450 891 6,559 2,968 604 374 230Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 157 12 145 216 311 134 176Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,850 1,985 317 1,668 1,023 842 458 384Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,024 1,697 226 1,470 1,108 1,219 533 686Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,024 167 – 167 679 1,178 535 643Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,339 3,647 178 3,470 1,341 350 174 177


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 2,006 906 78 828 692 408 280 127Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,255 5,720 1,367 4,353 5,926 9,609 5,193 4,416Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,157 621 20 601 2,265 4,271 2,454 1,816Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,121 3,916 1,007 2,909 2,209 2,996 1,720 1,276Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,224 546 26 521 770 908 581 327Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,967 2,972 949 2,023 922 1,073 670 403Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 1,930 398 33 366 517 1,015 469 546

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,977 1,183 340 843 1,452 2,342 1,019 1,323

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 27,549 5,842 212 5,630 10,808 10,899 6,389 4,510Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,358 190 67 123 952 2,216 874 1,342Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,789 52 – 52 359 1,378 668 709Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 7,641 2,693 41 2,651 2,708 2,241 1,289 952Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,111 4,466 14 4,451 3,323 2,322 1,406 916


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,820 8,842 3,997 4,845 3,048 1,930 1,292 638Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,074 9,326 4,830 4,495 2,242 1,506 986 521Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 23,743 16,153 3,827 12,326 5,298 2,292 1,527 765Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,293 23,375 5,371 18,004 9,227 4,691 3,180 1,511Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,779 1,037 44 993 480 261 181 80Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 2,796 2,651 1,783 868 92 53 53 –Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931 224 45 179 775 932 509 422

NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set V of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 1.3million has a 10-percent RSE; of 321,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 143,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 63. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by sex and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected skin andmusculoskeletal conditions Number of chronic conditions in thousands

Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,426 4,376 5,354 3,125 2,229 3,167 7,250 10,068 5,470 4,598Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 650 583 457 125 38 258 397 263 134Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,642 1,299 433 298 135 1,091 977 635 432 204Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 300 283 166 111 55 558 664 440 374 66Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 203 46 36 10 246 359 542 236 306Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 115 217 108 110 719 882 859 513 346Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 860 353 226 127 891 1,101 646 369 278Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 338 56 12 44 433 224 116 75 41Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062 151 30 30 – 3,177 222 22 12 10Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 337 166 109 57 784 420 170 84 86Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,609 815 269 179 90 4,245 1,144 814 495 319Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 1,017 479 547 417 130 1,750 709 669 440 229Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559 656 447 195 252 1,504 971 1,100 493 607Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 390 380 209 171 1,211 1,298 1,040 560 480

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,717 1,611 1,484 749 735 1,132 850 1,508 457 1,051Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735 701 515 230 286 72 57 93 36 57Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 329 1,393 728 665 112 668 3,346 1,394 1,952Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 415 662 301 361 57 363 1,154 452 702Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,219 4,534 4,868 2,679 2,189 2,973 2,613 4,954 2,113 2,841Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498 1,634 1,303 924 379 1,307 1,345 1,757 959 799Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449 279 202 110 92 852 133 187 102 85Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 476 464 230 234 69 72 87 69 18Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 253 278 380 277 103 316 197 328 143 184Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 8,754 4,385 2,096 1,224 873 8,267 4,197 3,483 1,826 1,657Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,550 2,365 1,131 626 505 5,556 2,692 2,111 1,112 999Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 1,016 371 223 148 863 644 524 304 220Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,977 1,680 924 586 338 2,707 1,447 1,432 780 652


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 452 427 245 182 1,233 788 702 426 276Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 912 995 577 418 413 717 1,241 646 595Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 361 341 212 129 840 710 537 365 172Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652 746 416 178 238 1,485 1,028 927 540 386Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 231 180 107 73 740 595 423 226 196Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 103 62 36 26 691 531 306 211 95Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 155 277 150 126 88 289 1,178 649 528Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 205 536 246 290 1,056 1,005 1,254 445 809


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Table 63. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by sex and age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Male Female

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 139 223 138 81 57 1,482 1,105 1,068 616 452Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761 1,553 1,320 833 487 733 1,528 1,918 1,064 854Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 116 173 81 92 2,125 534 498 261 237Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 91 64 38 26 509 182 98 73 25Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915 561 87 73 13 5,536 2,408 517 301 216Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 37 30 17 13 73 179 280 117 163Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 415 363 268 95 1,263 608 479 190 289Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 211 403 234 169 1,475 897 817 300 517Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 679 1,178 535 643 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,647 1,341 350 174 177


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 202 184 96 60 36 704 508 312 221 91Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,420 3,145 4,690 2,899 1,792 3,300 2,781 4,919 2,295 2,624Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 1,572 2,313 1,497 816 192 692 1,958 957 1,001Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553 725 1,232 770 462 2,363 1,484 1,764 950 815Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 262 382 256 126 365 507 526 325 201Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,219 242 335 276 58 1,752 680 738 394 345Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 153 221 515 238 277 246 297 500 231 269

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 848 1,146 632 514 745 604 1,196 388 809

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 3,038 5,045 4,156 2,703 1,453 2,804 5,763 6,743 3,686 3,057Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 450 1,114 446 669 74 502 1,102 428 674Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 230 735 412 324 28 130 642 257 386Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 399 459 484 326 158 2,294 2,249 1,757 963 794Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,848 1,589 867 666 201 2,617 1,734 1,455 740 715


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,794 1,173 709 490 219 5,048 1,875 1,221 802 419Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,666 720 560 434 126 4,660 1,521 946 552 394Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 7,574 2,368 832 632 200 8,579 2,930 1,461 896 565Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,336 4,184 2,062 1,459 603 13,039 5,043 2,629 1,722 907Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 230 163 106 57 493 250 99 76 23Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 1,207 28 17 17 – 1,444 64 36 36 –Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 452 526 228 298 141 323 406 282 125


97

Table 64. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by race and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over

Selected skin andmusculoskeletal conditions Number of chronic conditions in thousands1

Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,785 9,907 13,538 7,410 6,128 470 1,496 1,640 1,066 574Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 708 700 510 190 42 118 214 156 58Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,471 2,015 1,043 704 339 208 233 26 26 –Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 785 845 575 473 103 18 102 31 12 19Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 489 566 255 311 34 24 10 5 5Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 808 958 562 396 36 164 109 49 60Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229 1,747 906 549 358 125 214 81 34 47Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 456 168 87 81 89 85 4 – 4Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,311 313 51 41 10 738 41 – – –Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338 705 317 174 143 3 38 19 19 –Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,633 1,712 999 616 383 859 124 59 46 13Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 2,248 1,045 1,069 744 325 290 99 104 70 33Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,605 1,330 1,394 621 773 325 249 152 66 86Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,589 1,381 1,114 544 570 395 260 280 198 82

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,393 2,074 2,697 1,040 1,657 393 376 254 165 89Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670 724 539 212 327 97 35 54 54 –Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 788 4,250 1,945 2,305 70 188 434 165 270Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 593 1,587 645 942 40 173 229 108 121Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 6,568 9,197 4,499 4,698 642 478 507 254 252Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441 2,656 2,967 1,818 1,149 277 290 93 65 29Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,605 291 356 185 171 664 99 33 27 6Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 386 502 260 242 15 162 49 39 10Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 421 337 609 392 217 148 105 99 28 70Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 14,622 7,558 4,916 2,606 2,309 1,899 878 621 431 191Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,042 4,482 2,863 1,506 1,357 773 502 351 219 132Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579 1,414 838 474 364 207 212 57 54 4Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,439 2,731 2,074 1,178 896 1,073 345 255 176 80


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698 1,010 1,003 592 412 441 165 102 68 34Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 1,435 2,111 1,191 920 73 106 114 33 81Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173 868 779 491 288 233 173 100 87 13Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667 1,502 1,238 621 618 375 218 80 73 7Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103 827 603 333 269 102 – – – –Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 625 364 246 118 15 10 4 – 4Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 418 1,425 782 643 3 26 17 17 –Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167 955 1,557 585 971 257 225 208 106 102


98

Table 64. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by race and age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


White Black

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


and blood and blood-forming systems Number of chronic conditions in thousands1

Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 1,436 1,189 1,083 652 431 152 79 123 45 78Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 2,413 2,736 1,576 1,161 304 578 433 292 141Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,788 534 630 320 310 657 105 41 22 19Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 189 151 100 51 153 85 12 12 –Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,362 2,649 543 329 214 755 267 61 45 16Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 216 263 107 156 17 – 48 28 20Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633 895 731 373 358 257 104 79 52 27Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459 980 1,198 522 676 184 68 21 11 10Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 618 1,076 467 609 9 62 69 35 34Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,995 1,175 350 174 177 493 140 – – –


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 827 656 392 264 127 57 36 16 16 –Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,709 5,108 8,813 4,699 4,113 886 691 579 364 215Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 1,947 3,979 2,260 1,719 142 280 166 118 48Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,220 1,936 2,788 1,577 1,212 571 196 174 121 53Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 676 872 547 325 97 68 37 34 2Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,412 826 944 561 383 474 86 107 87 20Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 381 434 972 469 504 – 43 30 – 30

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 1,224 2,046 863 1,183 173 215 239 125 114

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 4,499 8,726 9,558 5,627 3,931 1,222 1,707 1,071 590 480Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 745 1,970 772 1,198 42 150 173 69 104Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 322 1,264 627 638 5 25 62 30 33Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 2,437 2,354 2,190 1,279 911 154 294 51 10 41Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,014 3,006 2,162 1,315 847 333 209 114 57 57


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,693 2,660 1,790 1,167 623 968 324 140 125 15Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,338 1,904 1,374 925 449 1,554 315 98 26 72Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 13,827 4,584 2,123 1,391 732 1,616 448 136 103 33Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,800 8,004 4,244 2,856 1,388 2,610 1,027 407 299 107Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 480 261 181 80 35 – – – –Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 2,310 59 44 44 – 253 32 9 9 –Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 684 834 446 388 12 70 98 63 35

1Totals for white and black do not sum to total chronic conditions because other races are not included.


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Table 65. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by family income and age: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 1,318 2,543 1,107 1,436 997 1,636 3,919 2,362 1,556Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 59 179 85 94 77 104 304 234 69Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 239 210 95 116 465 245 330 225 104Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 51 76 54 32 22 178 91 161 139 21Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 48 110 50 60 101 60 125 47 78Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 79 225 98 127 136 93 342 180 162Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 220 242 108 133 263 218 297 163 134Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 39 20 10 10 152 114 55 44 11Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 50 – – – 573 42 10 – 10Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 52 12 – 12 162 78 115 32 83Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 251 209 94 115 978 162 297 196 101Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 385 78 204 113 91 416 104 302 239 63Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 159 348 91 257 561 244 416 207 210Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 169 261 109 152 558 185 421 248 173

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 329 411 190 221 760 468 697 245 452Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 23 13 13 – 315 65 85 45 40Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 164 1,049 460 589 66 177 1,197 506 691Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 211 110 100 16 162 457 183 273Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089 557 1,428 480 948 1,117 997 2,130 978 1,151Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 250 400 189 211 322 435 610 396 214Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 71 60 18 42 498 86 154 71 83Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 80 101 47 54 58 108 127 63 65Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 83 134 41 12 29 99 65 269 134 135Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 1,975 893 1,212 568 643 2,642 1,210 1,298 740 558Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 534 670 325 344 1,516 675 604 348 256Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 225 240 150 90 260 257 234 124 110Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 309 572 288 285 1,258 491 714 412 303


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 230 270 132 138 592 272 309 199 109Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 267 605 289 316 104 227 705 387 318Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 117 102 88 14 330 336 315 173 141Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 201 232 131 101 550 333 410 171 239Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 80 80 12 68 176 72 271 181 90Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 64 73 47 25 142 37 107 77 30Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 51 172 80 92 – 90 404 253 151Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 249 463 122 341 366 175 657 257 401


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Table 65. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by family income and age: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Family income

Less than $10,000 $10,000–$19,999

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 54 67 238 71 167 249 175 284 136 148Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 378 699 398 301 216 521 939 568 372Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 55 198 81 117 601 141 232 111 120Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 102 39 13 25 182 61 10 10 –Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939 300 123 71 52 972 436 167 109 58Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 109 28 81 61 88 90 19 72Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 93 183 82 101 359 208 144 76 68Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 180 207 47 160 360 194 379 145 233Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – 42 103 19 84 – 80 156 66 89Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 137 33 – 33 445 96 92 47 45


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 121 28 22 4 18 40 65 58 35 24Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 526 1,252 324 928 991 895 2,503 1,447 1,056Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 183 480 122 358 112 359 1,118 649 469Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 154 381 142 240 709 268 651 401 250Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 45 86 43 44 67 124 232 134 97Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 101 112 35 77 568 86 236 142 95Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 31 9 183 64 119 74 58 183 125 58

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 189 391 61 331 171 268 734 397 337

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 794 998 1,675 624 1,051 962 1,567 2,907 1,920 986Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 147 420 177 242 40 178 738 374 364Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 24 250 63 187 23 97 393 205 189Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 356 286 485 194 290 462 538 623 398 225Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 241 509 165 344 658 429 692 424 268


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896 216 371 231 140 1,740 402 628 438 190Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378 218 289 177 113 1,429 306 384 220 165Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 1,058 222 305 116 189 1,852 485 587 342 245Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,348 633 738 374 364 3,615 1,337 1,375 897 478Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 24 13 – 13 95 32 46 14 32Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 258 11 – – – 512 13 11 11 –Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 155 167 76 92 82 126 268 140 128


101



Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over


Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 2,490 3,166 1,933 1,233 1,857 4,195 2,386 1,624 761Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 221 174 118 56 227 403 225 225 –Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 512 197 173 24 1,225 867 192 156 35Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 107 201 125 92 33 465 385 144 133 12Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 121 105 46 60 212 242 132 83 49Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 216 187 140 47 558 375 164 112 53Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 239 211 166 45 599 956 151 104 47Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 146 55 20 35 304 227 37 13 24Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 49 41 41 – 2,230 171 – – –Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 193 84 72 12 626 364 28 5 23Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399 271 175 85 90 3,175 1,093 225 168 57Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 671 243 327 226 102 951 531 175 163 11Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 383 272 154 118 1,253 635 260 93 167Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 471 270 162 108 768 637 265 162 102

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 434 634 267 367 1,351 806 589 324 266Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 143 111 35 76 771 472 206 124 82Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 194 877 449 428 78 226 691 283 409Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 248 478 259 219 38 222 292 39 254Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061 1,540 2,286 1,342 943 2,178 3,142 1,811 1,037 773Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 553 847 609 238 833 1,350 600 431 169Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 84 41 35 6 607 105 53 27 25Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 141 134 108 26 106 146 105 67 38Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 167 64 151 151 – 147 93 78 26 51Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 4,330 1,814 1,235 780 455 5,913 3,602 708 449 260Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781 1,180 870 546 324 3,617 1,936 427 228 199Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 349 164 109 55 473 696 149 123 26Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,444 582 389 246 143 2,256 1,418 246 199 47


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 180 209 120 90 653 398 118 89 29Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 384 433 227 206 457 637 254 176 78Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 193 208 141 67 555 296 121 84 37Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 371 401 222 179 1,188 746 155 114 41Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 149 108 51 57 594 366 85 55 30Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 149 46 11 35 351 303 66 66 –Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – 123 433 222 211 120 104 204 148 57Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 233 310 183 127 468 427 84 34 50


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Family income

$20,000–$34,999 $35,000 or more

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Under45 years

45–64years

65 years and over

Total65–74years


65–74years

75 yearsand over



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 325 368 246 192 54 848 487 225 200 25Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 770 530 343 187 652 994 471 253 218Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 106 66 66 – 884 203 69 41 28Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 33 40 14 26 271 36 26 26 –Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861 564 200 140 60 2,986 1,302 28 12 16Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 23 76 52 24 59 81 – – –Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 246 215 134 80 652 291 86 63 23Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 254 277 190 88 601 369 121 61 60Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 115 403 160 243 75 397 351 196 155Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 323 103 72 31 1,704 682 34 34 -–


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 230 145 72 72 – 468 334 139 114 25Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269 1,257 2,306 1,505 802 1,846 2,344 1,579 1,093 486Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 455 1,121 771 350 191 918 775 555 219Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964 449 847 545 302 1,193 1,010 535 377 158Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 114 207 169 38 196 381 244 181 62Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 191 309 194 115 778 395 163 151 12Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 48 143 331 182 149 218 235 129 45 85

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 353 338 188 150 462 416 268 160 109

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 2,188 2,397 1,517 880 1,975 4,325 1,507 1,125 382Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 178 245 123 121 24 240 201 86 115Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – 69 287 183 104 – 146 188 107 81Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 640 561 542 346 196 943 985 264 202 62Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041 654 599 477 122 1,809 1,703 261 205 55


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,119 710 361 197 164 3,275 1,226 247 194 53Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,028 470 305 195 110 3,390 977 252 183 68Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 3,270 928 569 428 140 8,678 2,976 534 420 114Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,120 1,773 1,057 775 282 10,035 4,235 657 571 87Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 119 27 27 – 533 257 117 93 24Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 460 – 31 31 – 1,157 24 – – –Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 181 200 114 86 65 165 86 73 13

1Totals for income categories do not sum to total chronic conditions because persons with unknown family income are not included.


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Table 66. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by geographic region and place of residence: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]


Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1

Selected skin andmusculoskeletal conditions Number of chronic conditions in thousands

Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,420 8,776 11,179 6,266 24,275 9,658 14,617 8,366Gout, including gouty arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 514 871 583 1,799 834 965 505Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266 1,461 2,038 1,313 4,704 1,656 3,047 1,374Bone spur or tendinitis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . 252 562 921 676 1,802 752 1,050 609Disorders of bone or cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 491 617 380 1,287 643 643 390Trouble with bunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 714 905 756 2,497 1,236 1,261 486Bursitis, unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 1,099 1,397 957 3,351 1,345 2,006 984Sebaceous skin cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 322 422 541 1,156 391 765 383Trouble with acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 1,382 1,955 1,386 4,481 2,346 2,136 1,182Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 626 681 574 1,863 741 1,122 571Dermatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121 2,191 2,826 2,758 8,267 3,358 4,909 1,630Trouble with dry (itching) skin, unclassified . . . . . . 882 1,328 1,741 1,219 3,874 1,610 2,265 1,295Trouble with ingrown nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093 1,716 2,098 1,330 4,469 1,987 2,482 1,769Trouble with corns and calluses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 1,141 1,922 1,135 4,154 2,022 2,132 963

Impairments

Visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,358 2,436 3,174 2,334 6,991 3,189 3,802 2,311Color blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 912 931 906 2,560 1,055 1,505 614Cataracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 1,272 2,356 1,156 4,509 1,924 2,585 1,559Glaucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 774 978 467 2,050 912 1,138 712Hearing impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,913 6,107 8,055 6,086 17,390 6,725 10,665 6,770Tinnitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 2,251 2,739 2,412 6,281 2,414 3,867 2,564Speech impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 795 1,091 615 2,478 1,301 1,177 623Absence of extremities (excludes tips of fingers ortoes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 497 628 203 1,081 604 477 465Paralysis of extremities, complete or partial . . . . . . 349 387 743 272 1,380 624 757 371Deformity or orthopedic impairment . . . . . . . . . . . 5,321 7,770 10,427 7,664 23,832 10,260 13,571 7,350Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099 4,399 5,913 4,995 13,960 6,152 7,808 4,446Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 1,177 1,331 1,198 3,122 1,430 1,692 1,303Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,051 3,037 4,312 2,767 9,496 3,999 5,497 2,670


Ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748 976 1,965 880 3,383 1,452 1,930 1,186Hernia of abdominal cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 917 2,313 702 3,722 1,165 2,557 1,178Gastritis or duodenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 909 1,093 746 2,850 1,072 1,779 522Frequent indigestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 1,744 2,527 1,167 4,960 2,088 2,873 1,293Enteritis or colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 715 827 706 2,162 812 1,349 510Spastic colon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 405 729 363 1,420 473 947 366Diverticula of intestines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 402 886 387 1,465 570 896 556Frequent constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 1,146 1,727 879 3,394 1,564 1,830 1,066


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Table 66. Number of selected reported chronic conditions, by geographic region and place of residence: United States, 1993—Con.



Place of residence



MSA1Centralcity

Notcentralcity

NotMSA1



Goiter or other disorders of the thyroid . . . . . . . . . 763 1,177 1,341 874 3,071 1,057 2,015 1,084Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699 2,066 2,970 1,077 5,857 2,631 3,226 1,956Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 1,120 1,282 961 3,180 1,397 1,783 738Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 348 440 306 952 510 441 391Migraine headache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,815 2,459 4,112 2,636 8,633 3,568 5,065 2,390Neuralgia or neuritis, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 190 266 140 426 203 223 257Kidney trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 931 1,865 555 2,693 1,070 1,623 1,157Bladder disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 1,116 1,328 1,036 2,892 1,132 1,761 1,131Diseases of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 453 598 487 1,500 648 852 524Disease of female genital organs . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 1,211 1,791 1,373 4,312 1,494 2,817 1,028


Rheumatic fever with or without heart disease . . . . 509 386 553 557 1,575 496 1,079 431Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,170 5,763 7,305 4,018 16,442 6,958 9,483 4,814Ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,513 1,684 2,581 1,379 5,357 2,407 2,950 1,800Heart rhythm disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664 2,649 2,931 1,877 7,344 2,775 4,569 1,777Tachycardia or rapid heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 716 766 309 1,900 756 1,144 325Heart murmurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836 1,504 1,464 1,164 4,001 1,522 2,479 966Other and unspecified heart rhythm disorders . . 395 429 702 405 1,443 497 946 487

Other selected diseases of heart, excludinghypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 1,431 1,793 761 3,741 1,777 1,964 1,236

High blood pressure (hypertension) . . . . . . . . . . . 5,261 7,032 10,573 4,683 20,501 8,186 12,315 7,048Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 789 1,390 641 2,555 1,000 1,555 803Hardening of the arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 548 576 316 1,293 533 760 496Varicose veins of lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334 2,114 2,417 1,776 5,726 2,381 3,345 1,915Hemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,796 2,889 3,238 2,187 7,543 3,221 4,322 2,568


Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,652 4,050 4,876 2,243 10,542 4,310 6,232 3,278Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,776 3,055 3,961 3,282 10,216 4,593 5,623 2,858Hay fever or allergic rhinitis without asthma . . . . . . 3,923 5,864 8,128 5,828 18,774 7,770 11,003 4,969Chronic sinusitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,206 10,954 15,367 5,767 28,331 11,901 16,430 8,962Deviated nasal septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 383 630 329 1,506 628 878 273Chronic disease of tonsils or adenoids . . . . . . . . . 384 754 1,007 651 2,072 921 1,151 724Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 453 833 196 1,413 704 708 518



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Table 67. Percent distribution of persons by degree of activity limitation due to chronic conditions, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

Degree of activity limitation

Allpersons

With noactivitylimitation

Withactivitylimitation

Withlimitationin majoractivity

Unableto carryon majoractivity

Limitedin amountor kindof majoractivity

Limited,but notin majoractivity

Percent distribution

All persons1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.5 15.5 10.6 4.5 6.1 4.9

Age

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.4 6.6 4.6 0.6 4.0 2.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.5 10.5 7.3 3.2 4.1 3.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 76.6 23.4 18.1 9.3 8.7 5.365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 61.1 38.9 22.9 9.7 13.2 16.065–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 63.6 36.4 28.7 16.7 12.0 7.770 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 59.9 40.1 20.2 6.4 13.8 19.9

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.0 15.0 10.5 4.8 5.6 4.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.2 7.8 5.6 0.7 5.0 2.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.4 10.6 7.7 3.6 4.1 2.945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.6 22.4 18.0 10.5 7.5 4.365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 62.9 37.0 31.1 20.8 10.3 6.070 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 61.3 38.7 15.0 5.0 9.9 23.7

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.1 15.9 10.7 4.2 6.5 5.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.7 5.3 3.5 0.6 3.0 1.718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.6 10.4 6.9 2.9 4.1 3.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 75.6 24.4 18.1 8.3 9.8 6.365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 64.2 35.8 26.7 13.4 13.4 9.170 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 58.9 41.1 23.8 7.3 16.4 17.3

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.4 15.6 10.5 4.3 6.2 5.1Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.5 6.5 4.5 0.6 4.0 2.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.5 10.5 7.2 3.0 4.2 3.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.5 22.5 17.2 8.5 8.8 5.365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 64.3 35.7 28.1 16.1 12.0 7.670 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 60.2 39.8 19.3 6.0 13.3 20.5

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 83.6 16.4 12.6 6.5 6.1 3.8Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.3 7.7 5.7 1.0 4.7 2.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.6 11.4 8.7 5.3 3.5 2.745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 67.0 33.0 26.9 17.1 9.8 6.065–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 56.4 43.6 35.5 22.5 13.0 8.170 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 55.1 45.0 30.7 11.1 19.6 14.3


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Table 67. Percent distribution of persons by degree of activity limitation due to chronic conditions, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allpersons







Family income and age Percent distributionUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 72.6 27.4 20.9 10.2 10.6 6.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.5 10.5 7.7 1.2 6.5 2.818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 81.4 18.6 14.3 8.2 6.1 4.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 40.1 59.8 52.5 34.9 17.5 7.465–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 41.1 58.9 50.6 29.7 20.9 8.470 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 49.7 50.3 31.0 7.7 23.3 19.3

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.6 22.4 16.0 7.4 8.5 6.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.5 8.5 6.6 1.2 5.4 2.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.6 15.4 12.0 5.8 6.1 3.545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 61.6 38.4 32.1 18.8 13.3 6.365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 55.4 44.6 35.4 21.9 13.6 9.270 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 58.6 41.4 19.3 5.6 13.7 22.0

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.3 14.7 9.5 3.7 5.8 5.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.7 6.3 4.2 0.6 3.7 2.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 90.1 9.9 6.4 2.3 4.0 3.545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 75.6 24.4 18.1 8.2 9.9 6.365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 65.7 34.3 27.1 16.2 10.9 7.270 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 65.2 34.8 14.3 4.3 9.9 20.5

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 90.6 9.4 6.0 1.8 4.2 3.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.9 5.1 3.4 0.3 3.1 1.618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.9 7.1 4.4 1.4 3.0 2.745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.9 14.1 9.6 3.3 6.3 4.565–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 74.8 25.2 18.4 8.4 10.0 6.870 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 68.4 31.6 15.1 5.1 10.0 16.5

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.5 14.5 9.8 4.0 5.8 4.7Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.9 15.1 10.6 4.0 6.6 4.5South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 83.4 16.6 11.7 5.3 6.3 4.9West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.0 15.0 9.7 4.3 5.4 5.3

Place of residence

MSA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.1 14.9 10.2 4.3 5.9 4.8Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 83.6 16.4 11.4 5.3 6.2 5.0Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.0 14.0 9.3 3.6 5.7 4.6

Not MSA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.6 17.4 12.2 5.4 6.8 5.2

1Includes other races and unknown family income.2MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age can be computed by using parameter set X of table II, the frequencies of table 68,and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence can be computed by using parameter set X of table II,the frequencies of table 68, and the formula presented in rule 3 of appendix I.

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Table 68. Number of persons by degree of activity limitation due to chronic conditions and sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allpersons







Number in thousandsAll persons1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,281 214,951 39,331 26,978 11,509 15,469 12,353

Age

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,458 63,028 4,430 3,113 424 2,688 1,31718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,765 94,691 11,074 7,704 3,409 4,295 3,37045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,788 38,131 11,657 8,995 4,647 4,348 2,66265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,270 19,100 12,170 7,166 3,029 4,138 5,00465–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,008 6,369 3,639 2,871 1,670 1,201 76870 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,262 12,731 8,531 4,295 1,359 2,936 4,235

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,706 105,128 18,577 12,952 5,990 6,962 5,625Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,528 31,838 2,690 1,949 233 1,716 74118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,096 46,577 5,519 3,992 1,874 2,118 1,52745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,951 18,592 5,359 4,319 2,514 1,805 1,04165–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,510 2,839 1,670 1,402 936 466 26970 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,620 5,282 3,338 1,291 434 857 2,047

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,576 109,822 20,753 14,026 5,519 8,506 6,728Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,930 31,190 1,740 1,164 192 972 57618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,669 48,114 5,555 3,712 1,535 2,177 1,84245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,837 19,540 6,297 4,676 2,133 2,543 1,62265–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,498 3,529 1,969 1,469 734 736 49970 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,642 7,449 5,192 3,004 925 2,079 2,188

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,335 178,308 33,028 22,233 9,074 13,160 10,794Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,560 50,084 3,476 2,418 301 2,116 1,05818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,998 77,836 9,162 6,264 2,578 3,686 2,89845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,827 33,202 9,624 7,370 3,621 3,749 2,25565–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,926 5,740 3,186 2,505 1,434 1,070 68170 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,025 11,446 7,579 3,677 1,139 2,538 3,902

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,031 26,784 5,246 4,029 2,090 1,939 1,217Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,777 9,948 828 611 104 507 21818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,445 11,910 1,535 1,174 710 464 36145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,136 3,443 1,693 1,383 879 504 31065–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 499 386 314 199 115 7270 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 984 804 548 198 350 256


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Table 68. Number of persons by degree of activity limitation due to chronic conditions and sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allpersons







Family income and age Number in thousandsUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,586 17,860 6,726 5,127 2,518 2,609 1,599Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,336 6,564 771 566 89 477 20518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,780 7,961 1,820 1,394 802 592 42645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096 1,243 1,852 1,624 1,081 543 22965–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 391 561 482 283 199 8070 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,422 1,701 1,721 1,062 263 799 660

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,384 29,802 8,582 6,123 2,858 3,266 2,458Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,377 9,491 885 681 125 556 20418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,607 12,355 2,253 1,748 850 898 50445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767 3,554 2,212 1,851 1,085 766 36165–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,279 1,263 1,016 807 498 309 20970 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,354 3,139 2,215 1,035 299 736 1,180

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,881 45,984 7,898 5,098 1,993 3,105 2,800Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,244 13,345 899 600 80 520 29818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,244 20,943 2,301 1,481 541 940 82045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,569 7,235 2,334 1,732 789 943 60165–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,417 1,587 830 655 392 263 17570 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,407 2,873 1,535 629 191 438 905

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,762 87,677 9,085 5,821 1,750 4,070 3,265Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,226 24,899 1,328 897 77 819 43118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,560 39,527 3,033 1,865 581 1,284 1,16745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,673 19,475 3,198 2,181 742 1,439 1,01765–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,331 1,744 587 428 196 232 15970 Years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,972 2,032 940 450 153 296 490

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,043 42,771 7,272 4,923 2,005 2,918 2,349Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,040 52,668 9,372 6,592 2,485 4,106 2,781South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,353 71,212 14,141 9,947 4,557 5,391 4,194West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,844 48,299 8,545 5,516 2,462 3,054 3,029

Place of residence

MSA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,461 169,654 29,807 20,311 8,555 11,756 9,496Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,732 66,661 13,072 9,123 4,195 4,928 3,948Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,729 102,994 16,735 11,188 4,360 6,828 5,547

Not MSA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,820 45,296 9,524 6,667 2,954 3,713 2,857


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set X of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 328,000has a 10-percent RSE; of 82,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 36,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 69. Number of days per person per year and number of days of activity restriction due to acute and chronic conditions, by type ofrestriction and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

Type of restriction

Alltypes

Beddisability

Work orschool loss1

Alltypes

Beddisability

Work orschool loss1

Number of days per person per year Number of days in thousands

All persons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 6.7 5.5 4,345,986 1,707,787 915,995

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 4.7 . . . 214,608 94,144 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 4.2 5.3 477,248 200,310 249,92818 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 7.6 5.6 3,654,130 1,413,334 666,06718–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 4.2 4.2 242,498 101,337 66,74925–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 5.6 5.6 1,224,815 456,712 368,27445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7 8.7 6.1 1,129,724 433,593 208,37165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 13.5 5.6 1,057,093 421,691 22,674

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 5.6 4.9 1,844,009 688,269 436,075Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 4.1 . . . 101,718 41,931 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 3.9 5.0 237,157 95,076 121,13218 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 6.2 4.8 1,505,134 551,262 314,94318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 3.2 3.2 97,420 38,562 26,14525–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 4.6 4.6 514,592 186,344 166,67645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.7 7.3 6.1 495,186 174,843 111,89565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 11.5 4.6 397,935 151,513 10,227

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 7.8 6.2 2,501,977 1,019,518 479,920Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 5.4 . . . 112,890 52,213 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 4.5 5.5 240,091 105,234 128,79618 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.0 8.8 6.4 2,148,996 862,072 351,12418–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 5.1 5.4 145,078 62,776 40,60425–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 6.5 6.8 710,223 270,367 201,59845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 10.0 6.1 634,538 258,750 96,47665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 14.9 6.9 659,158 270,179 12,447

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 6.5 5.4 3,598,321 1,381,081 754,004Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 4.6 . . . 177,392 72,303 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 4.4 5.3 393,846 165,565 202,36118 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 7.2 5.4 3,027,084 1,143,213 551,64318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 4.2 4.2 195,756 80,609 55,85025–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 5.4 5.5 1,000,928 363,425 302,26545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 8.0 5.8 919,402 342,051 174,33365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 12.8 5.3 910,997 357,128 19,195

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 8.4 6.3 615,524 270,598 126,016Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 6.0 . . . 32,683 19,483 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 3.5 4.9 64,127 26,283 37,00018 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 10.6 7.1 518,715 224,833 89,01718–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 4.8 4.3 36,487 16,936 7,41425–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 7.4 6.7 175,009 73,524 49,15445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 14.6 9.6 175,434 74,930 29,69865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 22.2 *8.2 131,785 59,443 2,751


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Table 69. Number of days per person per year and number of days of activity restriction due to acute and chronic conditions, by type ofrestriction and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

Type of restriction

Alltypes

Beddisability

Work orschool loss1

Alltypes

Beddisability

Work orschool loss1

Family income and age Number of days per person per year Number of days in thousands

Less than $10,000:

All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 12.7 7.8 741,457 312,081 81,384Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 6.0 . . . 26,861 16,277 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 5.8 8.2 68,723 26,727 37,96518 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 15.6 7.5 645,874 269,077 43,41918–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 5.5 4.2 57,545 25,222 9,30025–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 12.7 10.3 161,371 65,555 23,59245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 32.4 9.0 203,422 100,204 8,69565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 17.9 *5.9 223,536 78,096 1,832

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 9.5 7.0 857,210 365,581 147,414Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 6.1 . . . 43,935 20,230 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 5.0 6.0 74,398 35,401 42,20618 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 11.1 7.5 738,877 309,950 105,20818–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 4.7 4.6 41,743 19,555 12,28625–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 9.4 8.2 235,095 98,740 61,33845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 14.8 8.4 206,718 85,467 24,67065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 13.9 8.2 255,321 106,187 6,914

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.7 5.9 5.6 848,503 319,722 204,762Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 4.4 . . . 44,708 19,064 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 4.2 5.6 99,437 41,755 55,47018 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8 6.5 5.7 704,358 258,902 149,29218–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 4.5 4.1 43,627 20,745 13,48825–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 5.1 5.5 257,727 95,093 85,79945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 6.8 6.9 197,181 65,256 44,84065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 11.4 5.8 205,822 77,809 5,165

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 4.1 4.6 1,085,904 396,667 344,582Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 3.9 . . . 74,096 26,884 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 3.8 4.4 167,442 72,953 85,34718 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 4.2 4.6 844,366 296,830 259,23518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 2.7 3.2 49,696 18,290 16,12825–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 3.6 4.7 387,076 130,089 149,00245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 4.4 4.8 289,705 100,279 88,17265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 9.1 5.1 117,888 48,171 5,933

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 5.9 5.6 798,154 293,553 178,525Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 6.3 5.4 977,882 389,783 225,570South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 7.8 5.7 1,563,977 663,033 317,207West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7 6.4 5.2 1,005,973 361,418 194,693

Place of residence

MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7 6.5 5.4 3,330,749 1,289,453 712,864Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 7.6 5.9 1,482,747 605,632 295,356Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 5.7 5.1 1,848,002 683,821 417,508

Not MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 7.6 5.7 1,015,237 418,334 203,131

1Sum of school-loss days for children 5–17 years of age and work-loss days for currently employed persons 18 years of age and over. School-loss days are shown for the age group 5–17 years;work-loss days are shown for the age group 18 years and over and each older age group.2Includes other races and unknown family income.3MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 1 and 2 can be computed by using parameter set II of table II, thefrequencies of table 69, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for columns 1 and 2 can becomputed by using parameter sets II and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 69 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for column 3 (work-loss) can becomputed by using parameter sets III and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 69 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for age, sex and age, and raceand age for column 3 (school-loss) can be computed by using parameter set III of table II, the frequencies of table 69, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s forfamily income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for column 3 (school-loss) can be computed by using parameter sets III and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 69 and 78,and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 4 and 5 can be computed by using parameter set II of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I.The SE’s and RSE’s for column 6 can be computed by using parameter set III of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. For restricted-activity and bed-days, an estimate of 53.7million has an RSE of 10 percent; 13.1 million, of 20 percent; and 5.8 million, of 30 percent. For work- or school-loss days, an estimate of 41.1 million has an RSE of 10 percent; 10.4 million, of 20percent; and 4.7 million, of 30 percent. Rates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 70. Number of persons and percent distribution by respondent-assessed health status, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allpersons1

Allhealth

statuses2 ExcellentVerygood Good Fair Poor

Number inthousands Percent distribution

All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,281 100.0 37.6 28.3 23.7 7.7 2.8

Age

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,914 100.0 52.6 27.3 16.8 2.9 0.35–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,543 100.0 51.2 27.6 18.4 2.5 0.418–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,139 100.0 41.4 31.2 22.6 4.1 0.825–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,626 100.0 38.6 31.1 22.8 5.9 1.645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,788 100.0 28.3 27.1 27.5 11.9 5.365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,270 100.0 16.4 22.5 33.1 19.5 8.5

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,706 100.0 40.3 28.2 22.2 6.8 2.6Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,194 100.0 52.6 27.1 16.9 3.1 *0.35–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,334 100.0 52.1 27.3 17.8 2.4 0.418–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,896 100.0 45.6 30.4 20.7 2.8 0.525–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,200 100.0 41.9 30.7 20.7 5.2 1.545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,951 100.0 30.9 27.0 26.2 10.9 5.165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,130 100.0 16.7 23.0 32.6 18.7 9.1

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,576 100.0 35.0 28.4 25.1 8.6 2.9Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,721 100.0 52.6 27.5 16.7 2.8 0.45–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,209 100.0 50.2 27.8 19.0 2.6 0.418–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,243 100.0 37.3 31.9 24.5 5.3 1.025–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,426 100.0 35.4 31.4 24.9 6.6 1.745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,837 100.0 26.0 27.1 28.7 12.8 5.465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,140 100.0 16.2 22.2 33.4 20.0 8.1

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,335 100.0 38.8 28.6 22.9 7.2 2.6Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,721 100.0 55.1 26.8 15.3 2.5 0.35–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,839 100.0 53.6 27.3 16.7 2.1 0.318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,269 100.0 42.5 31.8 21.4 3.5 0.725–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,729 100.0 40.2 31.6 21.6 5.2 1.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,827 100.0 29.9 27.8 27.0 10.7 4.665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,951 100.0 17.1 23.1 33.3 18.6 7.9

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,031 100.0 30.1 26.3 28.2 11.3 4.1Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 100.0 42.1 28.4 23.5 5.5 *0.55–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,518 100.0 40.4 29.1 25.5 4.3 0.718–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,509 100.0 35.7 27.8 29.0 6.5 *1.025–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,936 100.0 29.3 28.4 29.4 10.2 2.745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,136 100.0 16.0 20.6 31.5 21.7 10.265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672 100.0 9.3 17.3 29.6 27.6 16.2


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Table 70. Number of persons and percent distribution by respondent-assessed health status, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allpersons1

Allhealth

statuses2 ExcellentVerygood Good Fair Poor

Family income and ageNumber inthousands Percent distribution

Under $10,000:

All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,586 100.0 25.1 23.2 29.1 15.6 7.0Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725 100.0 39.9 27.8 25.2 6.6 *0.55–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,611 100.0 34.7 26.6 31.4 5.8 1.518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,609 100.0 34.3 31.8 26.3 6.0 1.525–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,171 100.0 21.7 21.6 33.1 17.6 6.045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096 100.0 9.9 12.5 25.7 29.9 22.065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375 100.0 10.8 17.1 29.8 29.0 13.3

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,384 100.0 27.7 25.8 29.6 12.0 4.9Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,302 100.0 45.0 26.7 23.9 3.8 *0.65–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,074 100.0 39.0 27.6 28.5 4.3 0.618–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,138 100.0 32.0 32.1 28.8 6.1 *0.825–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,470 100.0 28.5 27.7 30.0 10.6 3.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767 100.0 17.3 20.1 30.5 20.0 12.065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,633 100.0 14.1 22.0 32.2 21.9 9.9

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,881 100.0 36.5 29.7 24.7 7.0 2.1Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,353 100.0 54.0 29.0 14.2 2.5 *0.25–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,891 100.0 51.5 28.9 17.2 2.2 *0.318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,581 100.0 41.0 32.3 21.9 4.4 *0.425–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,663 100.0 37.1 33.2 23.4 5.1 1.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,569 100.0 24.1 26.2 32.3 12.7 4.665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,824 100.0 16.9 24.5 36.9 15.9 5.8

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,762 100.0 47.5 30.0 18.2 3.6 0.8Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,917 100.0 62.6 25.4 10.3 1.5 *0.15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,309 100.0 61.7 25.7 11.4 1.1 *0.118–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,789 100.0 54.2 28.2 15.8 1.5 *0.425–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,771 100.0 46.2 32.7 17.9 2.8 0.545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,673 100.0 36.3 31.9 24.2 6.4 1.265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,303 100.0 24.9 27.0 32.4 11.7 4.2

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,043 100.0 38.3 29.6 22.9 7.1 2.1Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,040 100.0 37.9 29.7 23.0 7.1 2.3South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,353 100.0 36.1 26.7 24.6 8.8 3.7West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,844 100.0 38.7 28.0 23.8 7.1 2.3

Place of residenceMSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,461 100.0 38.3 28.4 23.4 7.4 2.5Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,732 100.0 35.5 27.4 25.4 8.6 3.0Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,729 100.0 40.2 29.1 22.0 6.6 2.1

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,820 100.0 34.9 27.9 24.7 8.8 3.7

1Includes unknown health status.2Excludes unknown health status.3Includes other races and unknown family income.4MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for column 1 can be computed by using parameterset X of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 3–7 can be computed by using parameter set X oftable II, the frequencies of table 70, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for columns 3–7can be computed by using parameter set X of table II, the frequencies of table 70, and the formula presented in rule 3 of appendix I. An estimate of 328,000 has a 10-percent RSE; of 82,000, a20-percent RSE; and of 36,000, a 30-percent RSE. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 71. Number per person per year and number of physician contacts, by place of contact and sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

Place of contact

Allplaces1 Telephone Office Hospital Other


Number per person per year2 Number in thousands2

All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 0.7 3.4 0.8 1.2 1,550,592 186,275 856,724 203,088 293,347

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 1.0 4.2 1.0 0.9 143,464 19,762 84,319 20,280 18,0815–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 0.5 2.2 0.4 0.5 173,325 23,415 103,234 20,365 25,24518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 0.4 2.0 0.6 0.9 97,528 10,542 49,350 15,355 21,66625–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 0.7 3.1 0.7 0.9 442,488 59,161 251,165 58,414 69,64645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 1.0 3.9 0.9 1.2 353,912 48,205 196,344 47,028 60,33365–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 0.8 5.4 1.4 2.3 183,589 14,185 100,189 25,144 42,15575 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 0.9 5.7 1.3 4.4 156,286 11,006 72,122 16,502 56,220

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 0.6 2.9 0.8 0.9 633,798 72,512 354,537 92,934 109,171Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 0.7 2.9 0.6 0.7 165,914 22,611 98,692 21,054 22,60518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 0.4 2.0 0.6 0.6 189,153 21,703 103,962 29,070 32,77245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 0.8 3.3 0.9 1.0 145,702 18,336 80,104 21,652 24,66265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 0.8 5.5 1.6 2.2 133,030 9,862 71,780 21,159 29,132

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 0.9 3.8 0.8 1.4 916,794 113,764 502,187 110,154 184,176Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 0.6 2.7 0.6 0.6 150,875 20,566 88,862 19,590 20,72118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 0.9 3.7 0.8 1.1 350,863 47,999 196,553 44,699 58,54045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 1.2 4.5 1.0 1.4 208,210 29,869 116,241 25,376 35,67165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 0.8 5.5 1.1 3.8 206,845 15,330 100,532 20,488 69,243

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 0.8 3.5 0.7 1.1 1,313,638 166,812 748,298 155,270 233,605Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.7 3.0 0.6 0.6 265,837 39,083 162,393 29,656 32,88318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 0.7 3.0 0.6 0.8 448,696 60,624 257,330 53,569 73,09145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 1.0 4.0 0.9 1.1 299,277 43,937 170,659 37,388 45,72865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 0.8 5.6 1.2 2.9 299,828 23,168 157,917 34,656 81,902

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 0.5 2.6 1.2 1.4 182,686 14,497 84,129 38,014 44,735Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 0.3 1.8 0.7 0.7 38,154 3,137 19,269 7,590 7,94918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 0.9 67,547 5,923 32,677 16,052 12,31945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 0.8 4.0 1.6 2.3 44,646 3,901 20,366 8,357 11,63865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 *0.6 4.4 2.3 4.8 32,339 1,535 11,817 6,015 12,828

Family income and age

Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 0.7 3.3 1.4 2.6 194,887 16,092 81,179 33,414 63,079Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 0.4 2.4 1.1 1.2 37,786 3,231 17,340 7,767 9,13018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 0.6 2.9 1.2 2.0 65,683 6,217 28,147 11,378 19,49545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 1.3 4.3 2.4 4.2 37,833 3,979 13,245 7,320 12,99665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 0.6 5.1 1.6 4.9 53,585 2,665 22,446 6,950 21,458

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 0.7 3.1 1.1 1.4 243,911 26,573 119,148 42,170 54,540Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 0.5 2.3 0.9 0.7 45,098 4,748 23,691 9,272 7,11518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 0.7 2.3 1.1 1.3 79,529 10,688 33,389 15,706 18,98645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 1.0 3.8 1.3 1.2 42,822 6,005 21,852 7,719 6,98465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 0.7 5.3 1.2 2.8 76,461 5,131 40,216 9,474 21,455


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Table 71. Number per person per year and number of physician contacts, by place of contact and sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

Place of contact



Family income and age—Con. Number per person per year2 Number in thousands2

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 0.8 3.4 0.7 1.0 325,257 42,224 184,249 40,333 55,900Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 0.7 2.8 0.6 0.5 66,552 10,399 39,373 8,667 7,60818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.6 3.0 0.6 0.8 116,358 14,463 69,072 14,377 17,43545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 1.1 3.8 0.8 1.2 67,095 10,490 36,793 8,118 11,04965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 1.0 5.7 1.3 2.9 75,252 6,871 39,012 9,171 19,809

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 0.8 3.5 0.6 0.7 551,306 80,811 339,237 57,656 69,935Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.8 3.2 0.4 0.5 130,611 21,200 84,249 11,184 13,18518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.7 3.1 0.5 0.6 211,192 31,111 133,340 20,968 23,88745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 1.0 4.0 0.8 0.9 151,437 22,758 89,912 17,739 20,35665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 1.1 6.0 1.5 2.4 58,065 5,741 31,736 7,764 12,508

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 0.7 3.5 0.9 1.0 305,931 34,532 175,603 45,135 48,715Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 0.9 3.3 0.9 1.3 394,445 55,400 204,368 53,790 79,764South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 0.6 3.4 0.7 1.1 506,819 52,617 294,430 58,318 95,587West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 0.8 3.2 0.8 1.2 343,398 43,727 182,323 45,845 69,281

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 0.7 3.4 0.8 1.2 1,226,454 148,955 678,339 159,677 230,319Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 0.7 3.2 1.0 1.4 508,545 56,921 255,870 77,710 114,023Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 0.8 3.5 0.7 1.0 717,909 92,034 422,468 81,967 116,296

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 0.7 3.3 0.8 1.1 324,138 37,320 178,386 43,411 63,028

1Includes unknown place of contact.2Does not include physician contacts while an overnight patient in a hospital.3Includes other races and unknown family income.4MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 1–5 can be computed by using parameter set VI of table II, thefrequencies of table 71, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for columns 1–5 can becomputed by using parameter sets VI and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 71 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 6–10 can becomputed by using parameter set VI of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 19.7 million has a 10-percent RSE; of 4.9 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 2.2million, a 30-percent RSE. Rates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 72. Percent distribution and number of persons by interval since last physician contact, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allintervals1

Less than1 year

1 year toless than2 years

2 years toless than5 years

5 yearsor more

Allintervals2

Less than1 year



5 yearsor more

Percent distribution3 Number in thousands3

All persons4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.6 9.6 8.3 3.5 254,281 196,995 24,187 20,790 8,751

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.6 4.3 0.8 0.3 19,914 18,523 842 154 535–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.7 12.7 7.0 1.6 47,543 36,881 5,978 3,300 73018–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 72.2 12.6 11.6 3.7 24,139 17,114 2,977 2,760 86625–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 73.2 10.9 11.4 4.5 81,626 58,868 8,805 9,149 3,61245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.0 8.5 8.4 5.1 49,788 38,311 4,178 4,105 2,52065–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.4 5.1 4.8 3.7 18,616 15,973 939 890 67675 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 90.5 3.7 3.5 2.3 12,655 11,325 468 432 294

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 72.8 11.1 11.2 4.9 123,706 88,617 13,548 13,640 5,987Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.6 10.7 5.5 1.2 34,528 28,124 3,645 1,882 39418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 62.8 13.7 16.7 6.8 52,096 32,115 6,989 8,552 3,46245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 72.3 9.7 11.0 7.0 23,951 17,045 2,290 2,590 1,66165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.9 4.8 4.7 3.6 13,130 11,334 624 616 470

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.1 8.3 5.5 2.1 130,576 108,379 10,639 7,150 2,764Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.2 9.8 4.8 1.2 32,930 27,281 3,175 1,571 38918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.7 9.0 6.3 1.9 53,669 43,867 4,793 3,358 1,01645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 83.3 7.4 5.9 3.4 25,837 21,266 1,888 1,515 85965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.9 4.4 3.9 2.8 18,140 15,964 783 707 500

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.8 9.4 8.3 3.5 211,335 164,405 19,631 17,413 7,268Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 83.7 9.9 5.2 1.2 53,560 44,243 5,254 2,734 60818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 73.1 11.1 11.6 4.2 86,998 62,744 9,546 9,950 3,63645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.0 8.5 8.4 5.1 42,827 32,985 3,585 3,544 2,16865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.1 4.5 4.3 3.1 27,951 24,433 1,246 1,186 857

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.8 10.8 7.1 3.2 32,031 24,710 3,399 2,226 1,010Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.4 11.4 4.9 1.3 10,777 8,710 1,205 517 14218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 73.7 12.5 9.5 4.3 13,445 9,657 1,636 1,240 56245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 80.2 8.4 7.0 4.4 5,136 4,044 425 354 22065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 87.3 5.1 4.4 3.3 2,672 2,299 134 115 86


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 79.4 9.5 6.9 4.2 24,586 19,276 2,309 1,671 1,009Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.7 11.4 4.6 1.4 7,336 5,972 822 330 9918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 73.9 11.1 9.9 5.2 9,780 7,129 1,070 952 49745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 79.0 7.2 6.7 7.1 3,096 2,415 219 206 21865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.7 4.5 4.2 4.5 4,375 3,761 197 182 196

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 76.6 9.4 9.5 4.5 38,384 29,048 3,576 3,594 1,711Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 80.6 10.5 7.0 1.8 10,377 8,225 1,074 718 18418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 68.7 11.8 13.7 5.8 14,607 9,917 1,696 1,976 84345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 74.9 8.2 9.2 7.8 5,767 4,273 466 523 44465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 87.4 4.5 5.0 3.2 7,633 6,633 340 377 240


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Table 72. Percent distribution and number of persons by interval since last physician contact, according to sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allintervals1

Less than1 year



5 yearsor more

Allintervals2

Less than1 year



5 yearsor more

Family income and age—Con. Percent distribution3 Number in thousands3

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.1 10.0 9.1 3.8 53,881 41,125 5,313 4,857 2,017Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 81.2 11.3 6.2 1.3 14,244 11,429 1,589 867 19018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 71.5 11.3 12.5 4.8 23,244 16,416 2,587 2,871 1,09345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 76.1 8.9 9.2 5.8 9,569 7,214 844 873 54965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.3 4.3 3.6 2.7 6,824 6,066 293 246 185

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 80.7 9.4 7.5 2.4 96,762 77,476 8,999 7,193 2,315Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.3 8.9 4.0 0.7 26,226 22,452 2,325 1,043 18618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 76.2 10.8 10.1 2.9 42,560 32,145 4,564 4,260 1,23445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 80.6 8.3 7.5 3.6 22,673 18,119 1,871 1,697 80165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 90.0 4.5 3.7 1.8 5,303 4,760 238 194 94

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.0 8.5 6.7 2.9 50,043 40,483 4,189 3,290 1,425Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 79.1 9.8 8.0 3.1 62,040 48,424 5,983 4,914 1,904South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 76.5 10.4 9.1 4.0 85,353 64,343 8,765 7,654 3,331West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.1 9.4 8.8 3.7 56,844 43,746 5,249 4,932 2,091

Place of residenceMSA5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.9 9.4 8.2 3.4 199,461 155,213 18,557 16,173 6,692Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.5 9.4 8.5 3.6 79,732 61,598 7,383 6,633 2,825Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 79.2 9.5 8.1 3.3 119,729 93,615 11,174 9,540 3,867

Not MSA5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.2 10.4 8.5 3.8 54,820 41,782 5,630 4,617 2,059

1Excludes unknown interval.2Includes unknown interval.3Includes physician contacts while an overnight patient in a hospital.4Includes other races and unknown family income.5MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 2–5 can be computed by using parameter set X of table II, thefrequencies of table 72, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for columns 2–5 can becomputed by using parameter set X of table II, the frequencies of table 72, and the formula presented in rule 3 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 6–10 can be computed by usingparameter set X of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 328,000 has a 10-percent RSE; of 82,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 36,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 73. Percent distribution of living persons by number of short-stay hospital episodes during the year preceding interview for allcauses and excluding deliveries, according to sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

All causes Excluding deliveries1

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

None 1 23

or more None 1 23

or more

Percent distributionAll persons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.5 6.0 1.0 0.5 100.0 93.7 4.9 1.0 0.5

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.1 4.8 0.8 0.3 100.0 94.1 4.8 0.8 0.35–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 97.5 2.2 0.2 *0.1 100.0 97.7 2.0 0.2 *0.118–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.1 7.0 0.7 0.2 100.0 96.2 3.2 0.5 *0.125–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.8 6.2 0.7 0.3 100.0 95.3 3.8 0.6 0.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.0 5.9 1.4 0.7 100.0 92.0 5.9 1.4 0.765–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 85.7 10.4 2.6 1.3 100.0 85.7 10.4 2.6 1.375 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 81.5 13.1 3.6 1.8 100.0 81.5 13.1 3.6 1.8

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.0 4.5 1.0 0.5 100.0 94.0 4.5 1.0 0.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 96.6 2.9 0.4 *0.1 100.0 96.6 2.9 0.4 *0.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 96.2 3.1 0.5 0.2 100.0 96.2 3.1 0.5 0.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.9 5.9 1.4 0.8 100.0 91.9 5.9 1.4 0.865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.7 11.9 3.5 1.8 100.0 82.7 11.9 3.5 1.8

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.0 7.4 1.1 0.5 100.0 93.4 5.2 1.0 0.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 96.5 2.9 0.4 0.2 100.0 96.7 2.7 0.4 0.218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.1 9.6 0.9 0.4 100.0 94.8 4.3 0.6 0.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.0 6.0 1.3 0.7 100.0 92.0 6.0 1.3 0.765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.9 11.2 2.7 1.3 100.0 84.9 11.2 2.7 1.3

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.4 6.0 1.0 0.5 100.0 93.6 4.9 1.0 0.5Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 96.7 2.9 0.3 0.1 100.0 96.7 2.8 0.3 0.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.7 6.3 0.7 0.3 100.0 95.5 3.7 0.5 0.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.2 5.8 1.4 0.7 100.0 92.2 5.8 1.4 0.765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.0 11.5 3.1 1.5 100.0 84.0 11.5 3.1 1.5

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.8 6.5 1.2 0.6 100.0 93.3 5.0 1.1 0.6Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 95.7 3.4 0.7 *0.3 100.0 96.1 2.9 0.7 *0.318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.4 7.1 1.1 0.4 100.0 94.7 4.0 0.9 0.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 89.3 7.9 1.7 1.0 100.0 89.3 7.9 1.7 1.065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 82.6 12.5 3.0 1.9 100.0 82.6 12.5 3.0 1.9


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.4 8.8 1.8 0.9 100.0 90.3 7.0 1.8 0.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.6 5.3 0.6 *0.4 100.0 94.2 4.8 0.6 *0.418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.9 9.2 1.3 0.7 100.0 93.2 5.0 1.2 0.645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.4 9.6 3.8 2.2 100.0 84.4 9.6 3.8 2.265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 81.2 13.3 3.8 1.6 100.0 81.2 13.3 3.8 1.6

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 90.6 7.1 1.6 0.7 100.0 92.0 5.8 1.5 0.7Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 95.8 3.2 0.7 *0.3 100.0 96.0 3.1 0.6 *0.318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.1 7.3 1.1 0.6 100.0 94.5 4.1 0.9 0.545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 88.8 8.0 2.0 1.1 100.0 88.8 8.0 2.0 1.165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.0 11.1 3.5 1.4 100.0 84.0 11.1 3.5 1.4


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Table 73. Percent distribution of living persons by number of short-stay hospital episodes during the year preceding interview for allcauses and excluding deliveries, according to sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

None 1 23

or more None 1 23

or more

Family income and age—Con. Percent distribution3

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.9 5.7 1.0 0.4 100.0 94.2 4.5 0.9 0.4Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 96.7 2.8 0.4 *0.1 100.0 96.8 2.7 0.4 *0.118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.0 6.1 0.7 0.2 100.0 95.9 3.5 0.5 0.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.8 5.3 1.3 0.5 100.0 92.8 5.3 1.3 0.565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 84.6 10.9 2.8 1.7 100.0 84.6 10.9 2.8 1.7

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 94.3 4.9 0.6 0.2 100.0 95.3 3.9 0.6 0.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 97.4 2.3 0.2 *0.0 100.0 97.4 2.3 0.2 *0.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.7 5.6 0.5 0.2 100.0 96.1 3.4 0.3 0.245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.5 5.2 0.9 0.4 100.0 93.5 5.2 0.9 0.465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 86.3 10.3 2.3 1.1 100.0 86.3 10.3 2.3 1.1

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.6 5.9 1.0 0.5 100.0 93.7 4.8 1.0 0.5Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.0 6.3 1.2 0.5 100.0 93.2 5.2 1.1 0.5South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.9 6.4 1.1 0.6 100.0 93.2 5.2 1.1 0.5West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.7 5.1 0.8 0.3 100.0 95.0 3.9 0.7 0.3

Place of residence

MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.7 5.9 1.0 0.4 100.0 94.0 4.7 0.9 0.4Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 92.3 6.1 1.1 0.5 100.0 93.7 4.7 1.0 0.5Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 93.0 5.7 0.9 0.4 100.0 94.2 4.6 0.8 0.4

Not MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 91.5 6.6 1.2 0.6 100.0 92.7 5.5 1.2 0.6

1Based on reason for admission or other indication of delivery.2Includes other races and unknown family income.3MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age can be computed by using parameter set X of table II, the frequencies of table 74,and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence can be computed by using parameter set X of table II,the frequencies of table 78, and the formula presented in rule 3 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 74. Number of living persons, by number of short-stay hospital episodes during the year preceding interview for all causes andexcluding deliveries and by sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

None 1 23

or more None 1 23

or more

Number of persons in thousands

All persons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,281 235,115 15,279 2,643 1,243 254,281 238,258 12,336 2,475 1,212

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,914 18,746 952 153 63 19,914 18,746 952 153 635–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,543 46,368 1,029 112 35 47,543 46,463 940 105 3518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,139 22,240 1,680 170 49 24,139 23,210 775 123 3025–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,626 75,715 5,073 581 258 81,626 77,791 3,124 466 24645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,788 45,792 2,953 680 363 49,788 45,792 2,953 680 36365–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,616 15,947 1,932 487 250 18,616 15,947 1,932 487 25075 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,655 10,308 1,660 461 226 12,655 10,308 1,660 461 226

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,706 116,344 5,603 1,184 574 123,706 116,344 5,603 1,184 574Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,528 33,353 1,013 127 34 34,528 33,353 1,013 127 3418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,096 50,115 1,614 253 114 52,096 50,115 1,614 253 11445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,951 22,015 1,411 340 185 23,951 22,015 1,411 340 18565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,130 10,861 1,565 464 241 13,130 10,861 1,565 464 241

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,576 118,771 9,676 1,459 669 130,576 121,913 6,733 1,291 638Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,930 31,761 968 137 64 32,930 31,857 879 131 6418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,669 47,839 5,139 498 193 53,669 50,886 2,284 337 16245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,837 23,777 1,543 339 178 25,837 23,777 1,543 339 17865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,140 15,394 2,027 484 235 18,140 15,394 2,027 484 235

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,335 195,379 12,732 2,202 1,022 211,335 197,856 10,418 2,064 997Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,560 51,768 1,546 180 66 53,560 51,810 1,511 173 6618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,998 80,666 5,505 586 241 86,998 83,101 3,227 454 21645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,827 39,480 2,466 579 301 42,827 39,480 2,466 579 30165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,951 23,465 3,215 858 414 27,951 23,465 3,215 858 414

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,031 29,389 2,070 383 188 32,031 29,891 1,593 362 184Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,777 10,310 366 73 28 10,777 10,360 316 73 2818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,445 12,284 961 144 56 13,445 12,737 534 123 5245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,136 4,587 408 88 53 5,136 4,587 408 88 5365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672 2,207 335 79 51 2,672 2,207 335 79 51


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,586 21,731 2,171 454 230 24,586 22,194 1,730 442 220Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,336 6,869 392 47 28 7,336 6,909 355 43 2818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,780 8,694 898 124 64 9,780 9,118 493 116 5445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096 2,614 298 117 67 3,096 2,614 298 117 6765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375 3,553 584 166 71 4,375 3,553 584 166 71

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,384 34,782 2,707 607 287 38,384 35,301 2,226 582 274Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,377 9,942 336 69 30 10,377 9,958 321 67 3018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,607 13,306 1,063 154 84 14,607 13,809 596 131 7145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767 5,123 461 117 66 5,767 5,123 461 117 6665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,633 6,411 848 268 106 7,633 6,411 848 268 106


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Table 74. Number of living persons, by number of short-stay hospital episodes during the year preceding interview for all causes andexcluding deliveries and by sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

None 1 23

or more None 1 23

or more

Family income and age—Con. Number of persons in thousands$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,881 50,048 3,067 536 231 53,881 50,731 2,441 482 227Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,244 13,776 392 57 19 14,244 13,784 386 56 1918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,244 21,617 1,424 159 43 23,244 22,293 805 107 4045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,569 8,882 508 129 50 9,569 8,882 508 129 5065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,824 5,773 742 190 119 6,824 5,773 742 190 119

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,762 91,208 4,716 607 232 96,762 92,237 3,759 537 229Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,226 25,546 603 65 11 26,226 25,554 595 65 1118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,560 39,897 2,383 207 73 42,560 40,918 1,434 137 7045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,673 21,190 1,181 212 90 22,673 21,190 1,181 212 9065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,303 4,575 548 122 58 5,303 4,575 548 122 58

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,043 46,323 2,970 512 238 50,043 46,912 2,401 492 238Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,040 57,063 3,935 719 323 62,040 57,817 3,249 662 312South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,353 78,466 5,458 944 486 85,353 79,539 4,449 898 466West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,844 53,263 2,917 468 196 56,844 53,989 2,237 422 196

Place of residenceMSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,461 184,933 11,670 1,966 891 199,461 187,465 9,300 1,819 877Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,732 73,579 4,841 902 410 79,732 74,721 3,785 823 404Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,729 111,354 6,829 1,064 481 119,729 112,745 5,516 996 473

Not MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,820 50,182 3,609 677 352 54,820 50,793 3,036 656 336


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set X of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 328,000has a 10-percent RSE; of 82,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 36,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 75. Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preceding interview per living person hospitalized for all causes andexcluding deliveries, by number of episodes and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

1 23

or more 1 23

or more

Days per person hospitalizedAll persons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 4.9 13.4 26.1 8.3 5.4 13.8 26.6

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 5.5 10.2 37.3 7.8 5.5 10.2 37.35–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 4.2 13.4 24.3 5.9 4.3 13.9 24.318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 3.0 8.3 18.6 4.9 3.4 9.3 25.625–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 3.6 11.5 22.5 6.5 4.3 12.6 22.945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 5.8 13.4 23.7 8.7 5.8 13.4 23.765–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 6.3 13.0 31.4 9.9 6.3 13.0 31.475 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 7.4 19.0 27.2 11.6 7.4 19.0 27.2

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 5.5 13.0 25.9 8.3 5.5 13.0 25.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 4.8 9.2 19.7 5.7 4.8 9.2 19.718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 4.5 14.6 28.6 7.1 4.5 14.6 28.645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 6.0 12.1 22.1 8.6 6.0 12.1 22.165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 6.7 13.8 28.3 10.4 6.7 13.8 28.3

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.5 13.7 26.4 8.4 5.4 14.6 27.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 4.9 13.7 39.6 8.2 5.1 14.0 39.618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 3.1 8.9 17.9 5.5 3.9 9.9 19.445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 5.6 14.7 25.3 8.8 5.6 14.7 25.365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 7.0 18.0 30.5 10.9 7.0 18.0 30.5

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 4.7 13.3 25.8 8.1 5.2 13.8 26.2Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 4.4 12.3 31.4 6.3 4.5 12.6 31.418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 3.3 10.3 23.3 6.0 3.9 11.5 24.945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 5.3 13.1 23.9 8.3 5.3 13.1 23.965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 6.7 15.7 27.7 10.4 6.7 15.7 27.7

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 6.3 14.2 27.3 10.2 7.2 14.4 27.7Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 6.6 9.4 37.2 9.6 7.1 9.4 37.218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 4.4 13.6 16.9 7.8 5.5 14.0 17.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 8.7 15.2 23.7 11.2 8.7 15.2 23.765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 8.4 18.5 37.1 13.2 8.4 18.5 37.1


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 5.7 17.6 34.6 11.2 6.5 17.5 35.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 6.1 *9.4 27.5 8.1 6.4 *9.8 27.518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 4.6 14.0 30.7 9.7 6.2 12.9 35.145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 8.1 19.9 33.2 14.5 8.1 19.9 33.265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 6.1 21.0 42.4 12.2 6.1 21.0 42.4

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 5.7 13.1 23.8 9.3 6.3 13.4 24.7Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 5.1 14.4 38.0 9.1 5.3 14.7 38.018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 3.6 10.4 19.8 6.9 4.2 11.3 22.345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 8.3 11.9 25.7 10.7 8.3 11.9 25.765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 7.2 14.8 22.1 10.2 7.2 14.8 22.1


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Table 75. Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preceding interview per living person hospitalized for all causes andexcluding deliveries, by number of episodes and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

1 23

or more 1 23

or more

Family income and age—Con. Days per person hospitalized$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 4.5 11.0 24.5 7.5 5.1 11.6 24.7Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 4.7 *8.8 39.3 6.7 4.7 *8.7 39.318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 3.4 10.9 19.8 6.0 4.3 13.3 20.045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 4.6 10.0 17.8 6.6 4.6 10.0 17.865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 6.5 12.5 26.6 9.8 6.5 12.5 26.6

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 3.8 11.9 20.9 6.1 4.2 12.8 20.9Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 3.8 13.8 *23.3 5.1 3.8 13.8 *23.318–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 2.9 10.3 16.0 4.6 3.3 13.0 15.745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 4.5 12.6 19.7 6.6 4.5 12.6 19.765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 6.3 12.3 28.6 9.0 6.3 12.3 28.6

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 5.6 17.4 29.4 9.8 6.3 17.9 29.2Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 4.7 13.6 24.5 8.0 5.1 14.3 25.0South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 4.8 12.4 25.6 8.1 5.3 12.5 26.4West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 4.5 10.6 26.3 7.6 5.3 11.2 26.2

Place of residence

MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 5.0 14.1 27.3 8.6 5.6 14.8 27.5Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 5.6 15.1 27.9 9.7 6.4 16.0 28.2Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.6 13.2 26.7 7.8 5.1 13.8 26.9

Not MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.5 11.3 23.3 7.5 4.9 11.3 24.0


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter sets VII and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 74 and 76, and the formula presented inrule 4 of appendix I. Estimates for which the numerator has an RSE of more than 30 percent are indicated with an asterisk.

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Table 76. Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preceding interview for living persons hospitalized for all causes andexcluding deliveries, by number of episodes and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

1 23

or more 1 23

or more

Number of days in thousands

All persons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,275 74,423 35,353 32,499 133,525 67,113 34,229 32,184

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,126 5,218 1,555 2,353 9,126 5,218 1,555 2,3535–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,677 4,327 1,498 852 6,391 4,083 1,456 85218–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,306 4,987 1,408 911 4,561 2,650 1,143 76825–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,702 18,194 6,703 5,804 24,983 13,465 5,886 5,63245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,807 17,128 9,090 8,589 34,807 17,128 9,090 8,58965–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,401 12,233 6,321 7,847 26,401 12,233 6,321 7,84775 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,257 12,337 8,778 6,142 27,257 12,337 8,778 6,142

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,124 30,912 15,374 14,838 61,124 30,912 15,374 14,838Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,680 4,837 1,173 670 6,680 4,837 1,173 67018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,139 7,184 3,697 3,258 14,139 7,184 3,697 3,25845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,634 8,433 4,119 4,083 16,634 8,433 4,119 4,08365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,671 10,458 6,385 6,827 23,671 10,458 6,385 6,827

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,151 43,511 19,979 17,661 72,401 36,201 18,854 17,346Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,123 4,708 1,880 2,535 8,836 4,464 1,838 2,53518–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,869 15,997 4,413 3,458 15,405 8,931 3,332 3,14245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,172 8,695 4,971 4,506 18,172 8,695 4,971 4,50665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,988 14,111 8,714 7,162 29,988 14,111 8,714 7,162

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,215 59,601 29,286 26,328 108,685 54,150 28,442 26,093Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,114 6,827 2,218 2,070 10,990 6,745 2,175 2,07018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,660 18,043 6,008 5,609 23,253 12,673 5,206 5,37445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,877 13,119 7,571 7,187 27,877 13,119 7,571 7,18765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,564 21,612 13,490 11,462 46,564 21,612 13,490 11,462

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,585 13,003 5,447 5,135 21,827 11,532 5,207 5,088Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,138 2,406 689 1,042 3,988 2,256 689 1,04218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,148 4,247 1,956 945 5,540 2,926 1,716 89845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,136 3,538 1,340 1,257 6,136 3,538 1,340 1,25765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,163 2,812 1,462 1,890 6,163 2,812 1,462 1,890


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,387 12,427 7,993 7,967 26,904 11,268 7,741 7,896Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,605 2,393 443 769 3,471 2,280 423 76918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,786 4,088 1,731 1,967 6,437 3,042 1,499 1,89645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,951 2,401 2,326 2,225 6,951 2,401 2,326 2,22565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,045 3,545 3,493 3,007 10,045 3,545 3,493 3,007

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,230 15,430 7,962 6,838 28,664 14,080 7,824 6,760Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,860 1,725 994 1,141 3,814 1,686 987 1,14118–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,055 3,787 1,605 1,664 5,535 2,476 1,474 1,58545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,910 3,822 1,393 1,694 6,910 3,822 1,393 1,69465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,405 6,095 3,970 2,340 12,405 6,095 3,970 2,340


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Table 76. Number of short-stay hospital days during the year preceding interview for living persons hospitalized for all causes andexcluding deliveries, by number of episodes and sociodemographic characteristics: United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic


Allstatuses

Number of episodes

Allstatuses

Number of episodes

1 23

or more 1 23

or more

Family income and age—Con. Number of days in thousands$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,381 13,805 5,919 5,658 23,598 12,407 5,586 5,604Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092 1,842 503 747 3,060 1,826 488 74718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,435 4,846 1,736 853 5,683 3,464 1,419 79945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,510 2,323 1,295 892 4,510 2,323 1,295 89265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,344 4,794 2,384 3,166 10,344 4,794 2,384 3,166

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,126 18,069 7,207 4,851 27,429 15,781 6,860 4,787Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451 2,299 896 256 3,431 2,279 896 25618–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 6,974 2,134 1,165 7,595 4,707 1,787 1,10145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,813 5,362 2,681 1,770 9,813 5,362 2,681 1,77065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,590 3,433 1,496 1,660 6,590 3,433 1,496 1,660

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,515 16,604 8,916 6,995 30,787 15,053 8,786 6,947Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,238 18,564 9,765 7,910 33,881 16,603 9,463 7,815South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,176 26,011 11,717 12,448 47,202 23,667 11,241 12,293West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,346 13,244 4,954 5,148 21,656 11,790 4,738 5,128

Place of residence

MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,211 58,215 27,694 24,302 103,260 52,294 26,844 24,122Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,055 26,992 13,621 11,442 48,709 24,164 13,140 11,405Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,156 31,223 14,073 12,860 54,551 28,131 13,704 12,716

Not MSA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,064 16,208 7,659 8,197 30,265 14,818 7,384 8,062


NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) can be computed by using parameter set VII of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 6.0million has a 10-percent RSE; of 1.4 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 605,000, a 30-percent RSE.

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Table 77. Number per 100 persons per year and annual number of short-stay hospital discharges, average length of stay, and annualnumber of hospital days for living persons hospitalized for all causes and excluding deliveries by sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

All causes1 Excluding deliveries2

Hospital discharges Hospital days Hospital discharges Hospital days

Numberper 100persons

Number inthousands

Averagelengthof stay

Number inthousands


Number inthousands


Number inthousands

All persons3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 27,295 5.8 157,288 9.4 23,843 6.2 148,283

AgeUnder 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 1,743 5.8 10,111 8.8 1,743 5.8 10,1115–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 1,429 4.5 6,438 2.7 1,291 4.7 6,06818–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 2,367 3.3 7,742 5.3 1,268 3.9 4,96425–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 7,394 4.3 31,828 6.3 5,178 5.0 25,97145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 6,047 6.2 37,347 12.1 6,047 6.2 37,34765–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 4,505 7.3 32,855 24.2 4,505 7.3 32,85575 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 3,811 8.1 30,967 30.1 3,811 8.1 30,967

Sex and age

Male:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 11,234 6.1 69,062 9.1 11,234 6.1 69,062Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 1,520 4.7 7,129 4.4 1,520 4.7 7,12918–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 2,725 5.6 15,381 5.2 2,725 5.6 15,38145–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 3,128 5.8 18,290 13.1 3,128 5.8 18,29065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 3,861 7.3 28,262 29.4 3,861 7.3 28,262

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 16,060 5.5 88,226 9.7 12,609 6.3 79,221Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 1,651 5.7 9,420 4.6 1,513 6.0 9,05018–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 7,036 3.4 24,189 6.9 3,721 4.2 15,55445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 2,919 6.5 19,057 11.3 2,919 6.5 19,05765 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 4,455 8.0 35,560 24.6 4,455 8.0 35,560

Race and age

White:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 22,705 5.6 127,387 9.4 19,968 6.0 120,725Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 2,318 5.0 11,664 4.2 2,250 5.1 11,49418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 7,874 3.8 29,869 6.0 5,205 4.5 23,37645–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 5,050 6.0 30,540 11.8 5,050 6.0 30,54065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 7,463 7.4 55,314 26.7 7,463 7.4 55,314

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 3,896 6.9 26,998 10.5 3,365 7.5 25,109Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 743 5.8 4,299 6.3 678 6.1 4,10818–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 1,564 5.6 8,681 8.2 1,098 6.4 6,98345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 835 7.3 6,113 16.3 835 7.3 6,11365 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 754 10.5 7,904 28.2 754 10.5 7,904


Under $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3 4,258 7.7 32,638 15.3 3,750 8.3 31,079Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 608 4.8 2,918 7.6 557 5.0 2,77218–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 1,440 6.3 9,121 10.1 983 7.8 7,70845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 870 8.9 7,769 28.1 870 8.9 7,76965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 1,340 9.6 12,831 30.6 1,340 9.6 12,831

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 5,306 6.1 32,488 12.3 4,735 6.5 30,852Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 667 6.6 4,431 6.1 635 6.8 4,34718–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 1,690 4.2 7,120 7.9 1,150 4.8 5,56945–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 1,035 7.5 7,722 17.9 1,035 7.5 7,72265 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 1,915 6.9 13,215 25.1 1,915 6.9 13,215


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Table 77. Number per 100 persons per year and annual number of short-stay hospital discharges, average length of stay, and annualnumber of hospital days for living persons hospitalized for all causes and excluding deliveries by sociodemographic characteristics:United States, 1993—Con.[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information on the reliability of theestimates are given in appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in appendix II]

Characteristic

All causes1 Excluding deliveries2

Hospital discharges Hospital days Hospital discharges Hospital days

Family income and age—Con.


Number inthousands


Number inthousands


Number inthousands


Number inthousands

$20,000–$34,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 5,354 5.2 27,645 8.5 4,564 5.7 25,811Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 652 5.4 3,528 4.5 645 5.4 3,50418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 1,975 3.5 6,864 5.1 1,191 4.2 5,05445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 1,022 5.0 5,104 10.7 1,022 5.0 5,10465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 1,705 7.1 12,149 25.0 1,705 7.1 12,149

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7,092 4.4 31,131 6.2 5,981 4.7 28,404Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 776 4.6 3,546 2.9 764 4.6 3,51418–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 3,169 3.3 10,596 4.9 2,070 3.8 7,90245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 2,009 4.8 9,648 8.9 2,009 4.8 9,64865 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 1,138 6.5 7,341 21.5 1,138 6.5 7,341

Geographic region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 5,163 6.5 33,313 9.0 4,481 7.0 31,362Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 7,338 5.7 42,024 10.4 6,478 6.1 39,511South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 9,966 5.8 57,392 10.4 8,840 6.2 54,491West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 4,828 5.1 24,558 7.1 4,044 5.7 22,918

Place of residence

MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 20,206 6.0 120,854 8.7 17,452 6.5 113,675Central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 8,856 6.4 57,070 9.6 7,639 7.0 53,643Not central city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 11,350 5.6 63,784 8.2 9,813 6.1 60,032

Not MSA4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 7,088 5.1 36,434 11.7 6,391 5.4 34,608

1Includes unknown cause; based on 6-month reference period.2Based on reason for admission or other indication of delivery.3Includes other races and unknown family income.4MSA is metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: The standard errors (SE’s) and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for age, sex and age, and race and age for columns 1 and 5 can be computed by using parameter set VIII of table II, thefrequencies of table 77, and the formula presented in rule 2 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for family income and age, geographic region, and place of residence for columns 1 and 5 can becomputed by using parameter sets VIII and X of table II, the frequencies of tables 77 and 78, and the formula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 2 and 6 can becomputed by using parameter set VIII of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 4 and 8 can be computed by using parameter set IX of table IIand the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. The SE’s and RSE’s for columns 3 and 7 can be computed by using parameter sets VIII and IX of table II, the frequencies of table 77, and theformula presented in rule 4 of appendix I. An estimate of 679,000 discharges has a 10-percent RSE; of 169,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 75,000, a 30-percent RSE. An estimate of 19.4 milliondays has a 10-percent RSE; of 2.7 million, a 20-percent RSE; and of 1.1 million, a 30-percent RSE.

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CharacteristicAll

persons

Currentlyemployedpersons

Number in thousands

All persons1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,281 119,673

AgeUnder 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,458 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,914 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,543 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,765 81,42318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,139 15,72325–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,626 65,700

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,058 38,25045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,788 34,21965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,270 4,03265–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,008 2,17670–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,607 1,12775 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,655 728

Sex and ageMale:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,706 65,027Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,528 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,194 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,334 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,096 44,30418–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,896 8,266

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,082 20,72345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,951 18,49465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,130 2,22965–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,510 1,16970–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,850 62275 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,771 439

Female:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,576 54,645Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,930 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,721 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,209 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,669 37,11818–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,243 7,456

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,977 17,52745–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,837 15,72565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,140 1,80265–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,498 1,00870–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,758 50675 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,884 289

Race and ageWhite:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,335 102,186Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,560 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,721 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,839 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,998 68,62118–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,269 13,276

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,778 33,56445–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,827 29,95165 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,951 3,61465–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,926 1,97370–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,596 98275 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,429 658


CharacteristicAll

persons


Race and age—Con. Number in thousands

Black:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,031 12,456Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,777 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,518 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,445 9,03318–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,509 1,708

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,809 3,42245–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,136 3,08665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672 33765–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 17170–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789 12075 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999 46

Family income and ageUnder $10,000:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,586 5,771Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,336 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,611 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,780 4,48918–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,609 2,200

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,470 1,28345–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096 96965 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375 31365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 12570–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 9875 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,432 90

$10,000–$19,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,384 13,941Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,377 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,302 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,074 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,607 10,15118–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,138 2,700

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,400 3,79045–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767 2,95065 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,633 84065–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,279 40670–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,199 26575 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155 169

$20,000–$24,999:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,312 8,703Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,903 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,841 6,16518–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 1,252

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,568 2,53845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,377 2,15665 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,191 38165–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,082 20470–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 11575 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 62

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Table 78. Number of persons of all ages and number of currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, by sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993


CharacteristicAll

persons


Family income and age—Con.

$25,000–$34,999: Number in thousandsAll ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,570 17,712Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,342 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,788 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,553 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,403 12,84718–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,794 2,075

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,825 4,86545–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,192 4,35465 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,633 51165–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334 28270–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078 13175 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 99

$35,000 or more:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,762 56,044Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,226 . . .Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,917 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,309 . . .

18–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,560 36,52618–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,789 5,036

45 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,976 19,51845–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,673 18,34565 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,303 1,17365–69 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,331 72970–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465 30575 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507 140

Geographic region and ageNortheast:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,043 23,272Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,703 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,889 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,452 23,272

Midwest:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,040 30,089Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,716 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,681 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,644 30,089

CharacteristicAll

persons


Geographic region and age—Con.

South: Number in thousandsAll ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,353 39,628Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,568 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,031 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,755 39,628

West:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,844 26,683Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,928 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,943 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,973 26,683

Place of residence and age

MSA2:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,461 94,892Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,901 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,990 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,569 94,892

Central city:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,732 35,658Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,895 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,487 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,350 35,658

Not central city:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,729 59,235Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,006 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,503 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,219 59,235

Not MSA2:All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,820 24,780Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,013 . . .5–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,553 . . .18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,254 24,780

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Table 78. Number of persons of all ages and number of currently employed persons 18 years of age and over, by sociodemographiccharacteristics: United States, 1993—Con.



NOTES: The standard errors and relative standard errors (RSE’s) for currently employed persons, family income and age, geographic region and age, and place of residence and age can becomputed by using parameter set X of table II and the formula presented in rule 1 of appendix I. An estimate of 328,000 has a 10-percent RSE; of 82,000, a 20-percent RSE; and of 36,000, a30-percent RSE.

Appendixes

Contents

I. Technical notes on methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Statistical design of NHIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Collection and processing of data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Estimation procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Types of estimates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Reliability of the estimates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

II. Definitions of certain terms used in this report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Terms relating to conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Terms relating to disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Terms relating to persons injured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Terms relating to accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Terms relating to physician contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Terms relating to hospitalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Demographic terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

III. Questionnaires and flashcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Appendix tables

I. The 60 poststratification age-sex-race cells in the National Health Interview Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133II. Estimated standard error parameters and 30-percent relative standard error (RSE) cutoff points for the National Health

Interview Survey, 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Appendix ITechnical notes on methods

Background

This report is one of a series of statistical reports pub-lished by the staff of the National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS). It is based on information collected in a continuingnationwide sample of households included in the NationalHealth Interview Survey (NHIS). Data are obtained on thepersonal, sociodemographic, and health characteristics of thefamily members and unrelated individuals living in thesehouseholds.

Field operations for the survey are conducted by the U.S.Bureau of the Census under specifications established byNCHS. The U.S. Bureau of the Census participates in thesurvey planning, selects the sample, and conducts the inter-views. The data are then transmitted to NCHS for preparation,processing, and analysis.

Summary reports and reports on special topics for eachyear’s data are prepared by the staff of the Division of HealthInterview Statistics for publication in Series 10 publications ofNCHS. Data are also tabulated for other reports published byNCHS staff and for use by other organizations and by research-ers within and outside the Government. Since 1969, public usetapes have been prepared for each year of data collection.

Public use micro-data also are available on compact diskread-only memory (CD-ROM) for 1987 and 1991, and will beavailable for later years in the future.

It should be noted that the health characteristics describedby NHIS estimates pertain only to the resident, civiliannoninstitutionalized population of the United States living atthe time of the interview. The sample does not include personsresiding in nursing homes, members of the armed forces,institutionalized persons, or U.S. nationals living abroad.

Statistical design of NHIS

General design

Data from NHIS have been collected continuously since1957. The sample design of the survey has undergone changesfollowing each decennial census. This periodic redesign of theNHIS sample allows the incorporation of the latest populationinformation and statistical methodology into the survey design.The data presented in this report are from an NHIS sampledesign first used in 1985. It is anticipated that this design willbe used until 1995.

The sample design plan of the NHIS follows a multistageprobability design that permits a continuous sampling of thecivilian noninstitutionalized population residing in the United

States. The survey is designed in such a way that the samplescheduled for each week is representative of the target popu-lation, and the weekly samples are additive over time. Thisdesign permits estimates for high-frequency measures or forlarge population groups to be produced from a short period ofdata collection. Estimates for low-frequency measures or forsmaller population subgroups can be obtained from a longerperiod of data collection. The annual sample is designed sothat tabulations can be provided for each of the four majorgeographic regions. Because interviewing is done throughoutthe year, there is no seasonal bias for annual estimates.

The continuous data collection also has administrativeand operational advantages because fieldwork can be handledon a continuing basis with an experienced, stable staff.

Sample selection

The target population for NHIS is the civilian noninstitu-tionalized population residing in the United States. For thefirst stage of the sample design, the United States is consideredto be a universe composed of approximately 1,900 geographi-cally defined primary sampling units (PSU’s). A PSU consistsof a county, small group of contiguous counties, or a metro-politan statistical area. The PSU’s collectively cover the 50States and the District of Columbia. The 52 largest PSU’s areselected into the sample with certainty and are referred to asself-representing PSU’s. The other PSU’s in the universe arereferred to as non-self-representing PSU’s. These PSU’s areclustered into 73 strata, and 2 sample PSU’s are chosen fromeach stratum with probability proportional to population size.This gives a total of 198 PSU’s selected in the first stage.

Within a PSU, two types of second stage units are used:area segments and permit area segments. Area segments aredefined geographically and contain an expected eight house-holds. Permit area segments cover geographical areas contain-ing housing units built after the 1980 census. The permit areasegments are defined using updated lists of building permitsissued in the PSU since 1980 and contain an expected fourhouseholds.

Within each segment all occupied households are targetedfor interview. On occasion, a sample segment may contain alarge number of households. In this situation the householdsare subsampled to provide a manageable interviewer work-load.

The sample was designed so that a typical NHIS samplefor the data collection years 1985 to 1995 will consist ofapproximately 7,500 segments containing about 59,000 assigned

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households. Of these households, an expected 10,000 will bevacant, demolished, or occupied by persons not in the targetpopulation of the survey. The expected sample of 49,000occupied households will yield a probability sample of about127,000 persons.

Features of the NHIS sample redesign

Starting in 1985, the NHIS design incorporated severalnew design features (8). The major changes include thefollowing:

1. The use of an all-area frame.The NHIS sample is nowdesigned so that it can serve as a sample frame for otherNCHS population-based surveys. In previous NHIS designsabout two-thirds of the sample was obtained from lists ofaddresses compiled at the time of the decennial census;that is, a list frame. Due to U.S. Bureau of the Censusconfidentiality restrictions, these sample addresses couldbe used for only those surveys being conducted by theU.S. Bureau of the Census. The methodology used toobtain addresses in the 1985 NHIS area frame does notuse the census address lists. The sample addresses thusobtained can be used as a sampling frame for other NCHSsurveys.

2. The NHIS as four panels.Four national subdesigns, orpanels, constitute the full NHIS. Each panel contains arepresentative sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitution-alized population. Each of the four panels has the samesampling properties, and any combination of panels definesa national design. Panels were constructed to facilitate thelinkage of NHIS to other surveys and also to efficientlymake large reductions in the size of the sample byeliminating panels from the survey.

In 1993 the sample consisted of 7,866 segmentscontaining 55,476 assigned households. Of the 44,978households eligible for interview, 43,007 households wereactually interviewed, resulting in a sample of 109,671persons.

3. The oversampling of black persons.One of the goals indesigning the current NHIS was to improve the precisionof estimates for black persons. This was accomplished bythe use of differential sampling rates in PSU’s withbetween about 5- and 50-percent black population. Sam-pling rates for selection of segments were increased inareas known to have the highest concentrations of blackpersons. Segment sampling rates were decreased in otherareas within the PSU to ensure that the total sample ineach PSU was the same size as it would have beenwithout oversampling black persons.

4. The reduction of the number of sampled PSU’s.Inter-viewer travel to sample PSU’s constitutes a large compo-nent of the total field costs for the NHIS. The previousNHIS design included 376 PSU’s. Research showed thatreducing the number of sample PSU’s while increasingthe sample size within PSU’s would reduce travel costsand also maintain the reliability of health estimates. Thedesign now contains 198 PSU’s.

5. The selection of two PSU’s per non-self-representingstratum. In the previous design, one PSU was selected

from each non-self-representing stratum. This featurenecessitated the use of less efficient variance estimationprocedures; the selection of two PSU’s allows moreefficient variance estimation methodology.

Collection and processing of data

The NHIS questionnaire contains two major parts: Thefirst consists of topics that remain relatively the same fromyear to year. Among these topics are the incidence of acuteconditions, the prevalence of chronic conditions, personslimited in activity due to chronic conditions, restriction inactivity due to impairment or health problems, and utilizationof health care services involving physician care and short-stayhospitalization. Occasionally new questions are incorporatedinto the main questionnaire. Since 1985, questions that ask thehousehold members’ city and State of birth, social securitynumber, and father’s last name have been included. In 1989,questions were added that ask the location (city, county, andState) of any physician contact whether by telephone or inperson; and for household members born in the United States,how many years they have lived in the State of residence, andfor household members born in a foreign country, how manyyears they have lived in the United States. Since 1992, aquestion was added for persons 12–21 years of age concerningwhether they were either now going to school or on vacationfrom school. Race was expanded into 15 detailed racialgroupings and included an ‘‘other race’’ category. In 1992, theHispanic origin question was moved from section L (questions4a and 4b) to section A (questions 4e and 4f) and was retainedin section A in 1993. Although the questions referring to theHispanic oversample’s reference person or family members’status of previous year’s residence (section A, questions 4gand 4h) appear in the 1993 questionnaire, there was noHispanic oversampling. Therefore, no data were collected forthese questions. Beginning in 1993, the NHIS added E-coding(Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injuryand Poisoning) for injuries including medical and therapeuticmisadventures. The second part consists of special topicsadded as supplements to each year’s questionnaire. Beginningin August 1987, a special set of supplemental questions on theadult population’s knowledge and attitudes about acquiredimmunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was added to the NHISusing Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI). A copyof the most recent questionnaire, not included in CurrentEstimates prior to 1989, is shown in appendix III.

Careful procedures are followed to assure the quality ofdata collected in the interview. Most households in the sampleare contacted by mail before the interviewers arrive. Potentialrespondents are informed of the importance of the survey andassured that all information obtained in the interview will beheld in strict confidence. Interviewers make repeated trips to ahousehold when a respondent is not immediately found. Thesuccess of these procedures is indicated by the response ratefor the survey, which has been between 95 and 98 percent overthe years.

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present during the interview. When this is not possible, proxyresponses for absent adult family members are accepted. Inmost situations, proxy respondents are used for persons under19 years of age. Persons 17 and 18 years of age may respondfor themselves, however.

Interviewers undergo extensive training and retraining.The quality of their work is checked by means of periodicobservation and by reinterview. Their work is also evaluatedby statistical studies of the data they obtain in their interviews.A field edit is performed on all completed interviews so that ifthere are any problems with the information on the question-naire, respondents may be recontacted to solve the problem.

Completed questionnaires are sent from the U.S. Bureauof the Census field offices to NCHS for coding and editing. Toensure the accuracy of coding, a 5-percent sample of allquestionnaires is recoded and keyed by other coders. A100-percent verification procedure is used if certain errortolerances are exceeded. Staff of the Division of HealthInterview Statistics then edit the files to remove impossibleand inconsistent codes.

The interview, fieldwork, and data processing proceduressummarized above are described in detail in Series 1, No. 18(9).

Estimation procedures

Because the design of NHIS is a complex multistageprobability sample, it is necessary to reflect these complexprocedures in the derivation of estimates (8). The estimatespresented in this report are based upon 1993 sample personcounts weighted to produce national estimates. The weight foreach sample person is the product of four component weights:

1. Probability of selection.The basic weight for each personis obtained by multiplying the reciprocals of the probabili-ties of selection at each step in the design: PSU, segment,and household.

2. Household nonresponse adjustment within segment.InNHIS, interviews are completed in about 96 percent of alleligible households. Because of household nonresponse, aweighting adjustment is required. The nonresponse adjust-ment weight is a ratio with the number of households in asample segment as the numerator and the number ofhouseholds actually interviewed in that segment as thedenominator. This adjustment reduces bias in an estimateto the extent that persons in the noninterviewed house-holds have the same characteristics as the persons in theinterviewed households in the same segment.

3. First-stage ratio adjustment.The weight for persons inthe non-self-representing PSU’s is ratio adjusted to the1980 population within four race-residence classes of thenon-self-representing strata within each geographic region.

4. Poststratification by age-sex-race.Within each of 60age-sex-race cells (table I), a weight is constructed eachquarter to ratio adjust the first-stage population estimatebased on the NHIS to an independent estimate of thepopulation of each cell. These independent estimates areprepared by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and areupdated quarterly.

The main effect of the ratio-estimating process is to makethe sample more closely representative of the target populationby age, sex, race, and residence. The poststratification adjust-ment helps to reduce the component of bias resulting fromsampling frame undercoverage; furthermore, this adjustmentfrequently reduces sampling variance.

Types of estimates

As noted, NHIS data were collected on a weekly basis,with each week’s sample representing the resident, civiliannoninstitutionalized population of the United States livingduring that week. The weekly samples are consolidated toproduce quarterly files (each consisting of data for 13 weeks).Weights to adjust the data to represent the U.S. population areassigned to each of the four quarterly files. These quarterlyfiles are later consolidated to produce the annual file, which isthe basis of most tabulations of NHIS data.

NHIS uses various reference periods to reduce the amountof bias associated with respondent memory loss. A 2-weekreference period is used in collecting data on the incidence ofacute conditions, restriction in activity due to a health prob-lem, and physician contacts. Each of these measures healthevents that may be forgotten soon after they occur. Examplesof such events are telephoning a physician about a minorillness, missing a day from work because of a routine healthproblem, or having a cold. Either a 12- or 6-month (dependingon the type of statistic) reference period is used for hospital-ization data because hospitalization ordinarily involves amajor event in a person’s life and is not quickly forgotten.Chronic condition prevalence estimates are based on a 12-monthreference period.

Because most NHIS estimates based on a 2-week refer-ence period are designed to represent the number of healthevents for a 12-month period, these data must be adjusted toan annual basis. Data based on a 2-week reference period aremultiplied by 6.5 to produce the 13-week estimate for thequarter. These reference period adjustments are made at thetime that the quarterly files are produced. Therefore, the data

Table I. The 60 poststratification age-sex-race cells in theNational Health Interview Survey

Age

Black All other

Male Female Male Female

Under 1 year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X1–4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X5–9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X10–14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X15–17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X18–19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X20–24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X25–29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X30–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X35–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X45–49 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X50–54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X55–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X65–74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X75 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X

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can be used to produce estimates for each quarter and are usedthat way to study seasonal variation. The data from the fourquarterly files (representing the number of events in eachquarter) are summed to produce the annual estimate. Althoughthese data are collected for only 2 weeks for each personincluded in the survey, any unusual event that may haveoccurred during a particular 2-week period does not bias theestimate because the quarterly estimate is a sum of theestimates produced for each week’s sample during the entirequarter and the annual estimate is the sum of the four quarters.

For prevalence statistics, such as the number of personslimited in activity due to chronic conditions, the annualestimate results from summing the weighted quarterly filesand dividing by 4. This division is necessary because, as notedabove, each quarterly file has been weighted to produce anestimate of the number of persons in the U.S. population witha given characteristic. Summing the four quarters and dividingby 4 in effect averages these quarterly results for the year.Thus, the type of prevalence estimate ordinarily derived fromNHIS data is an annual average prevalence estimate.

For data related to short-stay hospital discharges that arebased on a 6-month reference period, cases identified duringany quarter of data collection are multiplied by 2 to produce aquarterly estimate of the annual number of characteristicsassociated with short-stay hospital discharges. The NHISaverage annual estimate of hospital discharges is derived bysumming the four quarterly estimates and dividing by 4, justas the prevalence estimates are.

Reliability of the estimates

Because NHIS estimates are based on a sample, they maydiffer somewhat from the figures that would have been obtainedif a complete census had been taken using the same survey andprocessing procedures. There are two types of errors possiblein an estimate based on a sample survey: sampling andnon-sampling errors. To the extent possible, these types oferrors are kept to a minimum by methods built into the surveyprocedures described earlier (10). Although it is very difficultto measure the extent of bias in NHIS, several studies havebeen conducted to examine this problem. The results havebeen published in several reports (11–14).

Nonsampling errors

Interviewing process—Information, such as the number ofdays of restricted activity caused by the condition, can beobtained more accurately from household members than fromany other source because only the persons concerned are in aposition to report this information. However, there are limita-tions to the accuracy of diagnostic and other informationcollected in household interviews. For example, for diagnosticinformation, the household respondent can usually pass on tothe interviewer only the information the physician has given tothe family. For conditions not medically attended, diagnosticinformation is often no more than a description of symptoms.Further, a respondent may not answer a question in the

intended manner because he or she has not properly under-stood the question, has forgotten the event, does not know, ordoes not wish to divulge the answer. Regardless of the type ofmeasure, all NHIS data are estimates of known reportedmorbidity, disability, and so forth.

Reference period bias—NHIS estimates do not representa complete measure of any given topic during the specifiedcalendar period because data are not collected in the interviewfor persons who died or became institutionalized during thereference period. For many types of statistics collected in thesurvey, the reference period is the 2 weeks prior to theinterview week. For such a short period, the contribution bydecedents to a total inventory of conditions or services shouldbe very small. However, the contribution by decedents duringa long reference period (such as 1 year) might be significant,especially for older persons.

Underreporting associated with a long reference period ismost germane to data on hospitalization. Analysis has shownthat there is an increase in underreporting of hospitalizationswith an increase in the time interval between the discharge andthe interview. Exclusive of the hospital experience of dece-dents, the net underreporting using a 12-month recall period isin the neighborhood of 10 percent (15). The underreporting ofdischarges within 6 months of the week of interview isestimated to be about 5 percent (15). For this reason, hospitaldischarge data are based on hospital discharges reported tohave occurred within 6 months of the week of interview.

Because hospitalization is common in the period immedi-ately preceding death or institutionalization and older personsare much more likely to die than younger ones, the data shouldnot be used to estimate the volume of hospitalization of theelderly although the data can be used to measure characteris-tics of elderly people.

It should further be noted that, although the reportedfrequencies and rates related to hospital episodes are presentedby the year in which the data were collected, the estimates are,in most cases, based on hospitalizations that occurred duringthe year of data collection and the prior year. Overall, approxi-mately one-half of the reported hospitalizations for the 12-monthreference period occurred in the year prior to the year of datacollection.

Population estimates—Some of the published tables includepopulation figures for specified categories. Except for overalltotals for the 60 age, sex, and race groups, which are adjustedto independent estimates, these figures are based on thesample of households in NHIS. They are given primarily toprovide denominators for rate computation, and for this pur-pose they are more appropriate for use with the accompanyingmeasures of health characteristics than other population datathat may be available. With the exception of the overall totalsby age, sex, and race mentioned above, the population figuresmay differ from figures (which are derived from differentsources) published in reports of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.Official population estimates are presented in U.S. Bureau ofthe Census reports in Series P-20, P-25, and P-60.

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The population estimates for 1993 are inflated to nationalpopulation controls by age, race, and sex. The populationcontrols are based on the 1980 census carried forward to 1993.Therefore, the estimates may differ from 1990 census resultsbrought forward to the survey date. Population controls incor-porating census results will be used for survey estimationbeginning later in the decade.

Rounding of numbers—In published tables, the figures arerounded to the nearest thousand, although they are not neces-sarily accurate to that detail. Derived statistics, such as ratesand percent distributions, are computed after the estimates onwhich these are based have been rounded to the nearestthousand.

Combining data years—To reduce sampling error, datafor number of years may be combined. However, in so doing,the questionnaire for each of the years should be checked,because even a small change in the questionnaire design maylead to large changes in the derived estimates. This cautionalso applies to using NHIS data on health measures wherechanges in other events, such as legislative changes, haveoccurred over time.

Sampling errors

The standard error is primarily a measure of samplingerror, that is, the variations that might occur by chancebecause only a sample of the population is surveyed. Thechances are about 68 in 100 that an estimate from the samplewould differ from a complete census by less than the standarderror. The chances are about 95 in 100 that the differencewould be less than twice the standard error and about 99 in100 that it would be less than 2½ times as large.

Individual standard errors were not computed for eachestimate in this report. Instead, standard errors were computedfor a broad spectrum of estimates. Regression techniques werethen applied to produce equations from which a standard errorfor any estimate can be approximated. The regression equa-tions, represented by parametersa andb, are presented in tableII. Also shown are the cutoff values, the estimated number ofpersons or events below which the relative standard error isgreater than 30 percent, and estimates do not meet NHIS

standards of statistical reliability. Rules explaining their useare presented in the section below.

Because the 1993 data were not available sooner, theestimated standard errors in this report are based on 1992 data.Therefore estimates of standard errors based on the 1992 datashown in this report may differ from those that would bederived using 1993 data. In general, the estimated standarderrors in this report are higher than those that would becalculated using the 1993 data.

The reader is cautioned that this procedure will give anapproximate standard error of an estimate rather than theprecise standard error. The reader is further cautioned thatparticular care should be exercised when the denominator issmall.

General rules for determining standard errors

To produce approximate standard errors for NHIS esti-mates, the reader must first determine the type of characteristicto be estimated, that is, the parameter set in table II to be used.The reader must then determine the type of estimate for whichthe standard error is needed. The type of estimate correspondsto one of five general rules for determining standard errors.

Rule 1. Estimated number of people or events—For the esti-mated number of people or events published in thisreport, there are two cases to consider. For the firstcase, if the estimated number is any combination ofthe poststratification age-sex-race cells in table I, thenits value has been adjusted to official U.S. Bureau ofthe Census figures and its standard error is assumedto be 0.0. This corresponds to parameter set XI intable II. As an example, this would be the case for thenumber of persons in the U.S. target population or thenumber of black persons in the 18–44 year age group.Although the race class ‘‘white’’ is not specificallyadjusted to U.S. Bureau of the Census figures, itdominates the poststratification ‘‘all other’’ race class;consequently, age-sex-‘‘all other’’ race combinationsof table I can be treated as age-sex-white combina-tions for the purpose of approximating standard errors.

Table II. Estimated standard error parameters and 30-percent relative standard error (RSE) cutoff points for the National Health InterviewSurvey, 1993

Parameterset Characteristic

Estimated parameters 30 percentRSE cutoffpoints1a b

I Number of acute conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0000742 69,600 774,000II Days of restricted activity or bed days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.000402 515,000 5,800,000III Days lost from work or school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0.000162 417,000 4,700,000IV Number of episodes of persons injured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.000265 60,500 674,000V Prevalence of chronic conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0.00017 12,900 143,000VI Number of physician contacts based on a 2-week reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0000546 195,000 2,200,000VII Hospital days based on a 12-month reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00101 53,800 605,000VIII Hospital discharges based on a 6-month reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0000408 6,760 75,000IX Hospital discharge days based on a 6-month reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00521 92,900 1,100,000X Population estimates for demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics . . . . . . –0.0000129 3,280 36,000XI Age-sex-race population based on combining the poststratification cells of table I . . . . . . 0.0 0.0 36,000

1Estimates below the cutoff points have an RSE of more than 30 percent and are considered to be statistically unreliable.

NOTE: The 1993 NHIS was based on a full sample. Therefore, 43,007 households were interviewed, resulting in a sample of 109,671 persons.

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For the second case, the standard errors for allother estimates of numbers of people or events, suchas the number of people limited in activity or thenumber of acute conditions, are approximated byusing the parameters provided in table II and formula1 below.

If the aggregatex for a characteristic has associ-ated parametersa andb, then the approximate stan-dard error for x, SE(x), can be computed by theformula

SE(x)= √ax2 + bx (1)

Example of rule 1.As shown in table 7, theestimated number of acute conditions for males is215,756,000. From table II, parameter set I, thea andb parameters for the numbers of acute conditions are0.0000742 and 69,600, respectively. Using formula 1,the estimated standard error is

√(0.0000742)(215,756,000)2+(69,600)(215,756,000)

= 4,297,752

An approximate 95-percent confidence interval forthe number of acute conditions for males is from207,332,406 to 224,179,594 (215,756,000±1.96(4,297,752)).

Rule 2. For rates, proportions, and percents when the denomi-nator is generated by the poststratification age-sex-race classes (table I)—In this case, the denominatorhas no sampling error. For example, rule 2 wouldapply to the estimated number of bed days per personfor black persons age 65 years and over because thedenominator is a combination of the poststratificationcells. Approximate standard errors for such estimatescan be computed using table IIa and b parametersassociated with the numerator characteristics alongwith formula 2 below.

If the estimate of rate, proportion, or percentp isthe ratio of two estimated numbers,p = x/Y (wherepmay be inflated by 100 for percents or 1,000 for ratesper 1,000 persons), withY having no sampling error,then the approximate standard error forp is given bythe formula

SE(p) = p √a + bx (2)

In this report, the value of the denominatorY isalways provided, but in a few cases the numeratorvaluex is not published. For these cases the value ofx may be computed by the formula

Refer to appendix I ofCurrent Estimates from the NationalHealth Interview Survey, 1992(2) for examples using therules.

Rule 3. Proportions and percents when the denominator isnot generated by the poststratification age-sex-raceclasses—If p represents an estimated percent,b is theparameter from table II associated with the numeratorcharacteristics, andy is the number of persons in thedenominator upon whichp is based, then the standarderror ofp may be approximated by

SE(p) = √ bp (100− p)

y (3)

(If p is a proportion, then the above formula can beused but with 100 replaced by 1.0.)

Rule 4. Rates when the denominator is not generated by thepoststratification age-sex-race classes—If the esti-mated ratep is expressed as the ratio of two esti-mates, p=x/y (inflated by 100 or 1,000 whenappropriate), then the estimated standard error forp isgiven by the formula

SE(p)=

p√SE(x)2

x 2 + SE(y)2

y 2 − 2rSE(x)x

SE(y)y

(4)

where SE(x) and SE(y) are computed using rule 1 andx and y are obtained from the tables. No estimatesof r, the correlation between the numerator anddenominator, are presented in this report; therefore,only the first two terms are available. The reader mustassume thatr = 0.0. Assumingr = 0.0 will yield anoverestimate of the standard error ifr is actuallypositive and an underestimate ifr is negative.

Rule 5. Difference between two statistics (mean, rate, total,and proportion)—If x

1andx

2are two estimates, then

the standard error of the difference (x1

− x2) can be

computed as follows:

SE(x1

− x2)=

√SE(x1)2 + SE(x

2)2 − 2r SE(x

1)SE(x

2) (5)

where SE(x1) and SE(x

2) are computed using rules

1–4 as appropriate andr is the correlation coefficientbetweenx

1andx

2.

Assuming r = 0.0 will result in an accuratestandard error if the two estimates are actually uncor-related and will result in an overestimate of thestandard error if the correlation is positive or anunderestimate if the correlation is negative.

pY if p is a proportion or rateper unit or

pY100

if p is a percent or rate per100 units or

pY1,000

if p is a rate per 1,000 units

x ={136

Relative standard errors

Prior to 1985, relative standard error (RSE) curves werepresent inCurrent estimatesfor approximating relative stan-dard errors. For readers who wish to continue using them, thefollowing provides guidance. The RSE of an estimate isobtained by dividing the standard error (SE) of the estimate bythe estimatex itself. This quantity is expressed as a percent ofthe estimate:

RSE= 100SE(x)x

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Appendix IIDefinitions of certain termsused in this report

Terms relating to conditions

Condition—Condition is a general term that includes anyspecific illness, injury, or impairment. Condition data arederived from the survey in two ways. First, respondents areasked to identify any conditions that caused certain types ofimpact associated with health, such as a visit to a doctor or aday spent in bed. Second, respondents are read lists of selectedchronic conditions and asked whether they or any familymembers have any of these conditions.

At a later point in the survey, a series of questions is askedabout each of the conditions identified in either of the twoways just described. The information obtained on each condi-tion helps to clarify the nature of the condition and whethermedical services have been involved in its diagnosis ortreatment. It also aids in the coding of the condition. Allconditions except impairments are coded according to theninth revision of theInternational Classification of Diseases(3), with certain modifications adopted to make the codesmore suitable for information derived from a householdsurvey. A special set of codes devised by NHIS is used to codeimpairments.

Chronic condition—A condition is considered chronic if(a) the respondent indicates it was first noticed more than 3months before the reference date of the interview, or (b) it is atype of condition that ordinarily has a duration of more than 3months. Examples of conditions that are considered chronicregardless of their time of onset are diabetes, heart conditions,emphysema, and arthritis. A complete list of these conditionsmay be obtained by contacting the Division of Health Inter-view Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics.

Impairment—An impairment is a chronic or permanentdefect, usually static in nature, that results from disease,injury, or congenital malformation. It represents a decrease inor loss of ability to perform various functions, particularlythose of the musculoskeletal system and the sense organs.Impairments are grouped according to type of functionalimpairment and etiology in the special NHIS impairmentcodes.

Acute condition—A condition is considered acute if (a) itwas first noticed no longer than 3 months before the referencedate of the interview, and (b) it is not one of the conditionsconsidered chronic regardless of the time of onset. (Seedefinition of chronic condition.) However, any acute conditionnot associated with either at least one doctor visit or at leastone day of restricted activity during the reference period is

considered to be of minor consequence and is excluded fromthe final data produced by the survey.

Onset of condition—A condition is considered to havehad its onset when it was first noticed. This could be the timethe person first felt sick or became injured, or it could be thetime the person or family was first told by a physician that theperson had a condition of which he or she had been previouslyunaware.

Incidence of conditions—The incidence of a condition isthe number of cases that had their onset during a specifiedperiod of time. A person may have more than one acutecondition during a period of time or may have the samecondition, such as a headache, more than once. Ordinarily,however, a chronic condition can begin only one time during agiven reference period.

Prevalence of conditions—The prevalence of a conditionis the number of persons who have the condition at a givenpoint in time. Although the prevalence of acute conditions is ameaningful concept, it is seldom used in health statistics,which generally focus on the incidence of acute conditions. Ifthe prevalence of a chronic condition is measured during aperiod of time (say, each week during a year), then theresulting estimate of prevalence is an average of 52 weeklyprevalence estimates. This is called an average annual pointprevalence estimate.

Terms relating to disability

Disability—Disability is a general term that refers to anylong- or short-term reduction of a person’s activity as a resultof an acute or chronic condition.Limitation of activityrefers toa long-term reduction in a person’s capacity to perform theaverage kind or amount of activities associated with his or herage group.Restriction of activityrefers to particular kinds ofbehavior usually associated with a reduction in activity due toeither long- or short-term conditions. Thus limitation of activ-ity refers to what a person is generally capable of doing, butrestriction of activity ordinarily refers to a relatively short-term reduction in a person’s activities below his or her normalcapacity.

Limitation of activity because of chronic conditions—Persons are classified in terms of the major activity usuallyassociated with their particular age group. The major activitiesfor the age groups are (a) ordinary play for children under 5years of age, (b) attending school for those 5–17 years of age,(c) working or keeping house for persons 18–69 years of age,

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and (d) capacity for independent living (e.g., the ability tobathe, shop, dress, eat, and so forth, without needing the helpof another person) for those 70 years of age and over. Peopleaged 18–69 years who are classified as keeping house are alsoclassified by their ability to work at a job or business. (In thisreport, the major activity of persons 65–69 years is assumed tobe working or keeping house; however, questions were alsoasked about the capacity for independent living in this agegroup, which would permit an alternative definition of limita-tion.)

In regard to these activities, each person is classified intoone of four categories: (a) unable to perform the majoractivity, (b) able to perform the major activity but limited inthe kind or amount of this activity, (c) not limited in the majoractivity but limited in the kind or amount of other activities,and (d) not limited in any way. In regard to these fourcategories, NHIS publications often classify persons only bywhether they are limited (groups a–c) or not limited (group d).Persons are not classified as limited in activity unless one ormore chronic conditions are reported as the cause of theactivity limitation. If more than one condition is reported, therespondent is asked to identify the condition that is the majorcause of the limitation.

Restriction of activity—Four types of restricted activityare measured in NHIS:bed days, work-loss daysfor currentlyemployed persons 18 years of age and over,school-loss daysfor children 5–17 years of age, andcut-down days.

A bed dayis one during which a person stayed in bedmore than half a day because of illness or injury. All hospitaldays for inpatients are considered bed days even if the patientwas not in bed more than half a day.

A work-loss dayis one on which a currently employedperson 18 years of age and over missed more than half a dayfrom a job or business.

A school-loss dayis one on which a student 5–17 years ofage missed more than half a day from the school in which heor she was currently enrolled.

A cut-down dayis a day on which a person cuts down formore than half a day on the things he or she usually does.

Work-loss, school-loss, and cut-down days refer to theshort-term effects of illness or injury. However, bed days are ameasure of both long- and short-term disability, because achronically ill bedridden person and a person with a coldcould both report having spent more than half a day in bed dueto an illness.

The number of restricted-activity days is the number ofdays a person experienced at least one of the four types ofactivity restriction just described. It is the most inclusivemeasure of disability days and the least descriptive; 4 days ofrestricted activity may mean 4 bed days associated withserious illness or 4 days during which a person merely cutdown on his or her activities due to a mild illness.

A single restricted-activity day may involve both a bedday and a work-loss or school-loss day. However, a cut-downday cannot overlap with any of these three types of disabilitydays. In calculating the sum of restricted-activity days, eachday is counted only once even if more than one type ofactivity restriction was involved.

Restricted-activity days may be associated with eitherpersons or conditions.Person daysare the number of daysduring which a person restricted his or her activity.Conditiondaysare the number of days during which a condition causeda person to restrict his or her activity. A person day ofrestricted activity can be caused by more than one condition.In such a case, each condition causing restriction is associatedwith that day of restricted activity. Therefore, the number ofcondition days of restricted activity may exceed the number ofperson days of restricted activity. This relationship holds foreach type of restricted-activity day.

When two or more conditions cause a day of restrictedactivity, the conditions may be (a) both (all) acute, (b) one(some) acute and the other (some) chronic, or (c) both (all)chronic. The number of restricted-activity days associated withacute conditions includes groups (a) and (b); the number ofsuch days associated with chronic conditions includes groups(b) and (c). The phrase ‘‘associated with’’ rather than ‘‘causedby’’ is used to indicate that some days associated with acute orchronic conditions are not necessarily caused solely by thattype of condition.

Assessed health status—The categories related to thisconcept result from asking the respondent, ‘‘Would yousay ’s health is excellent, very good, good, fair,or poor?’’ As such, it is based on a respondent’s opinion andnot directly on any clinical evidence.

Terms relating to persons injuredInjury condition—An injury condition, or simply an injury,

is a condition of the type that is classified according to thenature-of-injury code numbers (800–999) in the ninth revisionof the International Classification of Diseases(3). In additionto fractures, lacerations, contusions, burns, and so forth, whichare commonly thought of as injuries, this group of codesincludes poisonings and impairments caused by accidents ornonaccidental violence. Unless otherwise specified, the terminjury is used to cover all of these.

E-codes and place of occurrence—Beginning in 1993, theNHIS began collecting additional data to create detailedcause-of-injury classifications called ‘‘E-codes’’ (Supplemen-tary Classification of External Causes of Injury and Poisoning)for injuries, poisonings, and other adverse medical reactionsalong with place of occurrence.

A person may sustain more than one injury in a singleaccident (for instance, a broken leg and laceration of thescalp), so the number of injury conditions may exceed thenumber of persons injured.

Statistics of acute injury conditions include only injuriesthat involved medical attendance or at least a half day ofrestricted activity.

Episodes of persons injured—Each time a person isinvolved in an accident or nonaccidental violence causinginjury that results in medical attention or at least a half day ofrestricted activity, it is counted as a separate episode of aperson injured. Therefore, one person may account for morethan one episode of a person injured.

The number of episodes of persons injured is not equiva-lent to the number of accidents for several reasons: (a) the

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term ‘‘accident’’ as commonly used may not involve injury atall; (b) more than one injured person may be involved in asingle accident, so the number of accidents resulting in injurywould be less than the number of persons injured in accidents;and (c) the term ‘‘accident’’ ordinarily implies an accidentalorigin, whereas ‘‘persons injured’’ as used in the NHISincludes persons whose injuries resulted from certain nonacci-dental violence.

The number of episodes of persons injured in a specifiedtime interval is equal to or less than the incidence of injuryconditions because a person may incur more than one injury ina single accident.

Terms relating to accidents

Motor vehicle—A motor vehicle is any mechanically orelectrically powered device, not operated on rails, on which orby which a person or property can be transported or drawn ona land highway. Any object being towed by a motor vehicle(such as a trailer, coaster, sled, or wagon) is considered a partof the motor vehicle. Devices used solely for moving personsor materials within the confines of a building and its premisesare not counted as motor vehicles.

Moving motor vehicle accident—An accident is classifiedas ‘‘moving motor vehicle’’ if at least one of the motorvehicles involved in the accident was moving at the time ofthe accident. This category is divided into ‘‘traffic’’ and‘‘nontraffic’’ accidents.

Traffıc moving motor vehicle accident—An accident is inthe ‘‘traffic’’ category if it occurred on a public street orhighway. It is considered to have occurred on the highway if itoccurred wholly on the highway, originated on the highway,terminated on the highway, or involved a vehicle partially onthe highway. (See ‘‘street or highway.’’)

Nontraffıc moving motor vehicle accident—The accidentis in the ‘‘nontraffic’’ category if it occurred entirely in anyplace other than a public street or highway.

Street or highway—‘‘Street or highway’’ means the entirewidth between property lines of a way or place, any part ofwhich is open for use of the public as matter of right orcustom. This includes more than just the traveled part of theroad. ‘‘Street or highway’’ includes the whole right-of-way.Public sidewalks are part of the street, but private driveways,private lanes, private alleys, and private sidewalks arenotconsidered part of the street.

Nonmoving motor vehicle accident—If the motor vehiclewas not moving at the time of the accident, the accident isconsidered a ‘‘nonmoving motor vehicle’’ accident and isclassified in the ‘‘other accident’’ category. (See ‘‘other acci-dent.’’)

Accident while at work—An accident is classified as‘‘while at work’’ if the injured person was 18 years of age orover and was at work at a job or business at the time theaccident happened.

Home accident—An accident is classified as ‘‘home acci-dent’’ if the injury occurred either inside or outside the house.‘‘Outside the house’’ refers to the yard, building, and side-walks on the property. ‘‘Home’’ includes not only the person’s

own home but also any other home in which the person mayhave been injured.

Industrial place—This category includes factory build-ings, railway yards, warehouses, workshops, loading platformsof factories or stores, construction projects (houses, buildings,bridges, new roads, and the like), as well as buildings under-going remodeling. However, accidents in private homes under-going remodeling are classified as home accidents.

Other accident—This category includes injuries in publicplaces (such as tripping and falling in a store or on a publicsidewalk) and also nonaccidental injuries such as homicidaland suicidal attempts. The survey does not cover the militarypopulation, but current disability of various types resultingfrom prior injury that occurred while the person was in thearmed forces is covered and is included in this class.

Terms relating to physician contacts

Physician contact—A physician contact is defined asconsultation with a physician, in person or by telephone, forexamination, diagnosis, treatment, or advice. (Physician con-tacts with hospital inpatients are not included.) The contact isconsidered to be a physician contact if the service is provideddirectly by the physician or by a nurse or other person actingunder a physician’s supervision. For the purpose of thisdefinition, ‘‘physician’’ includes doctors of medicine andosteopathic physicians. The term ‘‘doctor’’ is used in theinterview rather than ‘‘physician’’ because of popular usage.However, the concept toward which all instructions are directedis that which is described here.

Physician contacts for services provided on a mass basisare not included in the tabulations. A service received on amass basis is defined as any service involving only a singletest (such as a test for diabetes) or a single procedure (such asa measles inoculation) when this single service is administeredidentically to all persons who are at the place for this purpose.Hence obtaining a chest x ray in a tuberculosis chest x raytrailer is not included as a physician contact. However, aspecial chest x ray given in a physician’s office or in anoutpatient clinic is considered a physician contact.

If a physician is called to a house to see more than oneperson, the call is considered a separate physician contact foreach person about whom the physician is consulted.

A physician contact is associated with the person aboutwhom the advice is sought, even if that person does notactually see or consult the physician. For example, if a motherconsults a physician about one of her children, the physiciancontact is ascribed to the child.

Place of contact—The place of contact is a classificationof the type of place at which a physician contact took place.The definitions of the various categories are as follows:

Telephone.Refers to medically related matters discussedin a telephone call with a physician or physician’s assis-tant. Calls for nonmedically related matters (such as foran appointment) are not included.Offıce.Refers to physician offices that are not located in ahospital.Hospital. Involves three types of places in a hospital:emergency room, clinic, and doctor’s office.

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Other. Any place not classified into one of the threecategories specified above, including clinics and HMO’snot located in hospitals.

Interval since last physician contact—The interval sincethe last physician contact is the length of time prior to theweek of interview since a physician was last consulted inperson or by telephone for treatment or advice of any typewhatever. A physician contact with a hospital inpatient can becounted as the last time a physician was seen even though it isnot included in the ‘‘physician contact’’ category.

Terms relating to hospitalization

Hospital—For this survey, a hospital is defined as anyinstitution either (a) named in the listing of hospitals in thecurrentAmerican Hospital Association Guide to the HealthCare Fieldor (b) found on the Master Facility Inventory Listmaintained by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Short-stay hospital—A short-stay hospital is one in whichthe type of service provided is general; maternity; eye, ear,nose, and throat; children’s; or osteopathic; or it may be thehospital department of an institution.

Hospital day—A hospital day is a day on which a personis confined to a hospital. It is counted as a hospital day only ifthe patient stays overnight. Thus a patient who enters thehospital on Monday afternoon and leaves Wednesday noon isconsidered to have had two hospital days.

Hospital days during the year—The number of hospitaldays during the year is the total number for all hospitalepisodes in the 12-month period prior to the interview week.For the purposes of this estimate, episodes overlapping thebeginning or end of the 12-month period are subdivided sothat only those days falling within the period are included.

Hospital episode—A hospital episode is any continuousperiod of stay of 1 night or more in a hospital as an inpatientexcept the period of stay of a well newborn infant. A hospitalepisode is recorded for a family member whenever any part ofthat person’s hospital stay is included in the 12-month periodprior to the interview week.

Hospital discharge—A hospital discharge is the comple-tion of any continuous period of stay of 1 night or more in ahospital as an inpatient except the period of stay of a wellnewborn infant. A hospital discharge is recorded whenever apresent member of the household is reported to have beendischarged from a hospital in the 12-month period prior to theinterview week. (Estimates were based on discharges thatoccurred during the 6-month period prior to the interview.)

Length of hospital stay—The length of hospital stay is theduration in days, exclusive of the day of discharge, of ahospital discharge. (See ‘‘hospital discharge.’’)

Average length of stay—The average length of stay perdischarged patient is computed by dividing the total number ofhospital days for a specified group by the total number ofdischarges for that group.

Demographic terms

Age—The age recorded for each person is the age at lastbirthday. Age is recorded in single years and grouped in a

variety of distributions depending on the purpose of the table.Geographic region—For the purpose of classifying the

population by geographic area, the States are grouped intofour regions. These regions, which correspond to those usedby the U.S. Bureau of the Census, are as follows:

Region States included

Northeast Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Connecticut, RhodeIsland, New York, New Jersey, andPennsylvania.

Midwest Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas,and Nebraska.

South Delaware, Maryland, District ofColumbia, West Virginia, Virginia,Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.

West Washington, Oregon, California,Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho,Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming,Alaska, and Hawaii.

Place of residence—The place of residence of a memberof the civilian noninstitutionalized population is classified asinside a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or outside anMSA. Place of residence inside an MSA is further classified aseither central city or not central city.

Metropolitan statistical area—The definition and titles ofMSA’s are established by the U.S. Office of Management andBudget with the advice of the Federal Committee on Metro-politan Statistical Areas. Generally speaking, an MSA consistsof a county or group of counties containing at least one city(or twin cities) having a population of 50,000 or more plusadjacent counties that are metropolitan in character and areeconomically and socially integrated with the central city. InNew England, towns and cities rather than counties are theunits used in defining MSA’s. There is no limit to the numberof adjacent counties included in the MSA as long as they areintegrated with the central city, nor is an MSA limited to asingle State; boundaries may cross State lines. The metropoli-tan population in this report is based on MSA’s as defined inthe 1980 census and does not include any subsequent additionsor changes.

Central city of an MSA—The largest city in an MSA isalways a central city. One or two additional cities may besecondary central cities in the MSA on the basis of either ofthe following criteria:

1. The additional city or cities must have a populationone-third or more of that of the largest city and aminimum population of 25,000.

2. The additional city or cities must have at least 250,000inhabitants.

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Not central city of an MSA—This includes all of the MSAthat is not part of the central city itself.

Not in MSA—This includes all other places in the country.Race—The population was divided into three racial groups:

‘‘white,’’ ‘‘black,’’ and ‘‘all other.’’ ‘‘All other’’ includedAleut, Eskimo or American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander,and any other race not listed separately. Since 1992, the NHIShas expanded race into 15 detailed racial groupings and an‘‘other race’’ category (see Appendix III, section L, question3a). Race characterization is based on the respondent’s descrip-tion of his or her racial background.

Age-adjustment—Age-adjustment, using the direct method,is the application of the age-specific rates in a population ofinterest to a standardized age distribution that eliminates thedifferences in observed rates that result from age differences inpopulation composition. This adjustment is usually done whencomparing two or more populations at one point in time or onepopulation at two or more points in time. The data in tablesA–D are age-adjusted directly using the age-specific rates forsix age groups (0–4, 5–17, 18–24, 25–44, 45–64, and 65 yearsand over) from the 1990 civilian noninstitutionalized popula-tion of the United States.

Income of family or of unrelated individuals—Each mem-ber of a family is classified according to the total income ofthe family of which he or she is a member. Within thehousehold, all persons related to each other by blood, mar-riage, or adoption constitute a family. Unrelated individualsare classified according to their own incomes.

The income recorded is the total of all income received bymembers of the family (or by an unrelated individual) in the12-month period preceding the week of interview. Incomefrom all sources—for example, wages, salaries, rents fromproperty, pensions, government payments, and help fromrelatives—is included.

Currently employed—Persons 18 years of age and overwho reported that at any time during the 2-week periodcovered by the interview they either worked at or had a job orbusiness are currently employed. Current employment includespaid work as an employee of someone else; self-employment

in business, farming, or professional practice; and unpaidwork in a family business or farm. Persons who were tempo-rarily absent from a job or business because of a temporaryillness, vacation, strike, or bad weather are considered ascurrently employed if they expected to work as soon as theparticular event causing the absence no longer existed.

Freelance workers are considered currently employed ifthey had a definite arrangement with one employer or more towork for pay according to a weekly or monthly schedule,either full time or part time.

Excluded from the currently employed population arepersons who have no definite employment schedule but workonly when their services are needed. Also excluded from thecurrently employed population are (a) persons receiving rev-enue from an enterprise but not participating in its operation,(b) persons doing housework or charity work for which theyreceived no pay, (c) seasonal workers during the portion of theyear they were not working, and (d) persons who were notworking, even though having a job or business, but were onlayoff and looking for work.

The number of currently employed persons estimatedfrom the NHIS will differ from the estimates prepared fromthe Current Population Survey (CPS) of the U.S. Bureau of theCensus for several reasons. In addition to sampling variabilitythey include three primary conceptual differences, namely:

1. NHIS estimates are for persons 18 years of age and over;CPS estimates are for persons 16 years of age and over.

2. NHIS uses a 2-week reference period, while CPS uses a1-week reference period.

3. NHIS is a continuing survey with separate samples takenweekly; CPS is a monthly sample taken for the surveyweek which includes the 12th of the month.

The most detailed operational definitions of all of theseterms are found in theNHIS Interviewer’s Manual(16).Instructions are given in the manual on how problem casesassociated with each concept are to be handled.

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